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1 day ago · The Pope was represented in each province by a governor, who bore one of a number of titles. These included "papal legate", as in the former principality of Benevento, or at Bologna, in Romagna, and the March of Ancona; and "papal delegate", as in the former Duchy of Pontecorvo and in the Campagne and Maritime Province.
- States of Italy
Italy, up until the Unification of Italy in 1861, was a...
- Theophylacti
Family tree of lords and counts of Tusculum. The counts of...
- Prisoner in The Vatican
Fabric of Saint Peter; Foreign relations of the Holy See....
- Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
The Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (Italian: Ducato di Parma e...
- Pontifical Swiss Guard
History Italian Wars Conclave of Pius V, with Swiss Guard...
- Duchy of Ferrara
The Duchy of Ferrara (Latin: Ducatus Ferrariensis; Italian:...
- States of Italy
3 days ago · Campania [a] is an administrative region of Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islands and the island of Capri. The capital of the Campania region is Naples. [6] As of 2018, the region had a population of around 5,820,000 ...
5 days ago · Alberta, most westerly of Canada’s three Prairie Provinces, occupying the continental interior of the western part of the country.To the north the 60th parallel (latitude 60° N) forms its boundary with the Northwest Territories, to the east the 110th meridian (longitude 110° W) forms the boundary with its prairie neighbour, Saskatchewan, to the south the 49th parallel forms the ...
4 days ago · Saskatchewan, province of Canada, one of the Prairie Provinces. It is one of only two Canadian provinces without a saltwater coast, and it is the only province whose boundaries are all wholly artificial (i.e., not formed by natural features). It lies between the 49th and 60th parallels of latitude, it is bounded on the west by longitude 110 ...
8 hours ago · The Republic of Venice (Italian: Repubblica di Venezia; Venetian: Repùblega de Venèsia) or Venetian Republic, traditionally known as La Serenissima, was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice.
It was incorporated into the Roman Empire in the time of Tiberius, becoming the capital of the province of Mysia, where three other important cities were also located: Pergamon, Lampsacus, and Nicomedia. An earthquake in 123 AD caused numerous damages in the city, including the collapse of its main temple.
3 days ago · Guangdong province, China. Guangdong, sheng (province) of South China. It is the southernmost of the mainland provinces and constitutes the region through which South China’s trade is primarily channeled. Guangdong has one of the longest coastlines of any province, fronting the South China Sea to the southeast and south (including connections ...
