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Eleanor of Naples ( Leonora or Eleonora of Aragon; 22 June 1450 – 11 October 1493) was Duchess of Ferrara by marriage to Ercole I d'Este. She was the first duchess of Ferrara, and mother of many famous Renaissance figures. She was a well known political figure, and served as regent of Ferrara during the absence of her spouse.
Peter Joseph Ferrara (born April 26, 1955) [1] is an American lawyer, policy analyst, and columnist who is an analyst for The Heartland Institute. He is former general counsel for the American Civil Rights Union. A libertarian scholar, he is known for supporting privatization of the Social Security program and climate change denialism .
The Teatro Comunale ( Communal Theatre) in Ferrara is an opera house, located in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, and built between 1786 and 1797 with seating for 990. Privately owned theatres with limited seating capacity had existed in the city for many years, but the arrival of Cardinal Spinelli, the new papal envoy, in 1786 spurred the ...
The 23rd Infantry Division "Ferrara" ( Italian: 23ª Divisione di fanteria "Ferrara") was a infantry division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The Ferrara was classified as a mountain infantry division, which meant that the division's artillery was moved by pack mules instead of the horse-drawn carriages of line infantry divisions.
A província de Ferrara ou, na sua forma portuguesa, Ferrária[ 1] é uma província italiana da região da Emília-Romanha com cerca de 340 000 habitantes, densidade de 129 hab/ km². [ 2][ 3][ 4] Está dividida em 26 comunas, sendo a capital Ferrara. [ 2][ 3][ 4] Faz fronteira a norte com o Vêneto ( província de Rovigo) e com a Lombardia ...
The Funeral. (1996 film) The Funeral is a 1996 American crime - drama film directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra, Isabella Rossellini, Vincent Gallo, Benicio del Toro and Gretchen Mol . The story concerns the funeral of one of three brothers in a family of gangsters that lived in New York City ...
The Ferrara Ghetto was established by an edict of Cardinal Cennini dated 23 August 1624, in one of the oldest areas of the city, a short distance from the Cathedral of San Giorgio (Ferrara) and the Castello Estense. It was permanently closed in 1859. The ghetto, from a print by Andrea Bolzoni of 1747.