Padania is an alternative name and proposed independent state encompassing Northern Italy,derived from the name of the Po River,whose basin includes much of the region,centered on the Po Valley,the major plain of Northern Italy.
Castiglione della Pescaia,regionally simply abbreviated as Castiglione,is an ancient seaside town in the province of Grosseto,in Tuscany,central Italy. The modern city grew around a medieval 12th century fortress and a large fishery,from which it acquired its designation. Today Castiglione is a very popular tourist destination with attractions that include beaches,natural parks,biking trails,historical Etruscan archaeological sites,a panoramic mediaeval hamlet as well as the natural reserve Diaccia Botrona,a swampy humid environment of historical relevance whose endangered wildlife comprise pink flamingoes,mallards and ducks.
Pontedera is an industrial town in the province of Pisa,Tuscany,central Italy. It houses the headquarters of the Piaggio company,of the wine company Castellani and of chocolate factory Amedei.
Lega Toscana,whose complete name is Lega Toscana per Salvini Premier,is a regionalist political party active in Tuscany. Established in 1987,it was one of the founding "national" sections of Lega Nord (LN) in 1991 and has been the regional section of Lega per Salvini Premier (LSP) in Tuscany since 2020.
Associazione Sportiva Dilettanistica Viareggio Calcio,usually referred to simply as Viareggio,is an Italian football club located in Viareggio,Tuscany.
The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy. The party's secretary is Enrico Letta,who was elected by the national assembly in March 2021,after the resignation of the former leader Nicola Zingaretti,while its president is Valentina Cuppi.
The Italian Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy. The party was founded in 2007–2008 by the merger of the following social-democratic parties and groups:Enrico Boselli's Italian Democratic Socialists,the faction of the New Italian Socialist Party led by Gianni De Michelis,The Italian Socialists of Bobo Craxi,Democracy and Socialism of Gavino Angius,the Association for the Rose in the Fist of Lanfranco Turci,Socialism is Freedom of Rino Formica and some other minor organizations. Until October 2009,the party was known as Socialist Party.
Lago di Bientina, also known as Lago di Sesto,was a lake in Tuscany,Italy. Located to the north of the town of Bientina,between Lucca and Pisa,the lake was historically subject to numerous efforts at drainage due to its tendency to flood. Early attempts at canal-building and drainage in the 16th century were hampered by the lake's connection with the Arno River,which often led to backflow and even increased flooding.
Article One,officially Article 1 –Democratic and Progressive Movement,is a social-democratic political party in Italy.
Claudio Martini is an Italian politician who is the former president of Tuscany.
Emilio Bonifazi is an Italian politician.
Susanna Ceccardi is an Italian politician.
Leonardo Marras is an Italian politician.
Alessandro Agostinelli is an Italian writer,journalist and poet.
Italexit,whose complete name is Italexit –For Italy with Paragone,is a populist and Eurosceptic political party in Italy. Its founder and leader is Gianluigi Paragone,an Italian senator and former TV journalist who drew inspiration for his movement from Nigel Farage's Brexit Party,with the aim of taking Italy out of the European Union.
Eugenio Giani is an Italian politician.
The municipal elections in Bologna took place on 3 and 4 October 2021. The incumbent Mayor of Bologna was Virginio Merola of Democratic Party,who won the 2016 Bologna municipal election. The centre-left candidate Matteo Lepore won in a landslide with 62% of votes,becoming the most voted mayor since the introduction of direct elections in 1995.
Gianni Ciofani is an Italian scientist. He is senior researcher tenured at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia.(Italian Institute of Technology,IIT). His research interests are mainly in the field of smart nanomaterials for nanomedicine,including the bio/non-biointeractions,and the biological processes in altered gravity conditions.
Volt Italia is a progressive and eurofederalist party in Italy. It is an affiliate of Volt Europa and was founded in 2018. Volt was unable to take part in the 2019 European elections,failing to obtain the required 150,000 notarised supporter signatures. Since then,the party has contested municipal and regional elections,winning a number of mandates and providing a deputy mayor since October 2021.
Iacopo Melio is an Italian politician,journalist,author and human and civil rights activist. In 2017,Melio was named a "European Citizen" by the European Parliament. In 2018,he was awarded Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
