The “Lady from Pristava”, the famous Dutchess Viridis Visconti from Milano who lived here in the 14th century, is certainly one of the most illustrious inhabitants. Her coat of arms, which depicts a serpent swallowing a child, is currently used by the Alfa Romeo car brand name from Milano.
Vincenzo Catena (ca. 1470-1530) was a Venetian painter in the first half of the 16th century. We know very little about his life, mostly from the provisions of his will – which suggests he was a wealthy man “who painted for pleasure and became famous with the works he left […] and who at his […]
The general background hue of the skin of the domino damsel (Dascyllus trimaculatus; Pomacentridae) is velvet-black, but three white spots, one on the median parietal region and the other two around the base of the dorsal fin, form a characteristic, conspicuous pattern for this species. In the dark background region, dermal melanophores form a dense monolayer, while in the white spots, a thick ...
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He is the author of a famous 1424 portolan chart, the first known to depict the Antillia island group (Antillia William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas (290 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In Italian Food, Elizabeth David was the first to help us understand the real country cooking of Italy.. Italian Food was an inspiration to British cooks when it was first published in 1954 - and it remains so to this day.
Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural and linguistic ties. 5485 relations.
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Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694) was a famous Spanish anatomist, and embryologist. His observation of blood corpuscles in capillaries, studies on glands, and his work on the structure and. metamorphosis of the silkworm take rank with outstanding con- HISTORY OF ZOOLOGY tributions to zoological knowledge. 41 of the. Numerous organs. human. body are ...