Ferdinando Di Orio (born 23 February 1948) is an Italian physician and politician.
Di Orio served on the 12th and 13th legislatures of Italy from 1994 to 2001 as a member of the Senate. [1] He began teaching at the University of L'Aquila as professor in 1985, and served as rector of the institution from 2004 to 2013, when he was succeeded by Paola Inverardi.
Pope Urban VII, born Giovanni Battista Castagna, was head of the Catholic Church, and ruler of the Papal States from 15 to 27 September 1590. His thirteen-day papacy was the shortest in history.
The House of Medici was an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first began to gather prominence under Cosimo de' Medici, in the Republic of Florence during the first half of the 15th century. The family originated in the Mugello region of Tuscany, and prospered gradually until it was able to fund the Medici Bank. This bank was the largest in Europe during the 15th century and facilitated the Medicis' rise to political power in Florence, although they officially remained citizens rather than monarchs until the 16th century.
Bergamo is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately 40 km (25 mi) northeast of Milan, and about 30 km (19 mi) from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como and Iseo and 70 km (43 mi) from Garda and Maggiore. The Bergamo Alps begin immediately north of the city.
The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was an Italian monarchy that existed, with interruptions, from 1569 to 1859, replacing the Republic of Florence. The grand duchy's capital was Florence. In the 19th century the population of the Grand Duchy was about 1,815,000 inhabitants.
Pier Ferdinando Casini is an Italian politician. He served as President of the Chamber of Deputies from 2001 to 2006.
Ferdinando Paer was an Italian composer known for his operas. He was of Austrian descent and used the German spelling Pär in application for printing in Venice, and later in France the spelling Paër.
Count Luigi Ferdinando Marsili was an Italian scholar and eminent natural scientist, who also served as an emissary and soldier.
Ferdinando Fuga was an Italian architect who was born in Florence, and is known for his work in Rome and Naples. Much of his early work was in Rome, notably, the Palazzo della Consulta (1732–7) at the Quirinal, the Palazzo Corsini (1736–54), the façade of the Santa Maria Maggiore (1741–3), and the Church of Sant'Apollinare (1742–8). He later moved to Naples and notably designed the Albergo de'Poveri (1751–81), the façade of the Church of the Gerolamini, and that of the Palazzo Giordano.
Orio al Serio is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of Milan and about 1 kilometre (1 mi) southeast of Bergamo.
San Ferdinando is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) southwest of Catanzaro and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of Reggio Calabria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,487 and an area of 14.0 square kilometres (5.4 sq mi).
Nicholas DiOrio was a member of the U.S. national team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Prince Ferdinando of Savoy, 3rd Duke of Genoa was the third Duke of Genoa and a member of the House of Savoy. He was an admiral in the Royal Italian Navy.
Ferdinando Martini was an Italian writer and politician. He was governor of Eritrea for from late 1897 to early 1907.
The Thornton expedition was a 1608 Tuscan expedition under Captain Robert Thornton, an Englishman, sent by Ferdinando I of Tuscany to explore northern Brazil and the Amazon River and prepare for the establishment of a settlement in northern coastal South America, which would serve as a base to export Brazilian wood to Renaissance Italy. The area that Thornton considered as a possible site of a Tuscan colony now lies in modern French Guiana, near Cayenne, which would be colonised by France in 1630. The expedition was the only attempt by an Italian state to colonise the Americas.
Centrists for Europe is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy. The party was launched, as Centrists for Italy, by splinters from the Union of the Centre in December 2016 and officially founded, with the current name, in February 2017. Its most recognisable leader is Pier Ferdinando Casini.
Italy and the colonization of the Americas was related to:
Ferdinando Nelli Feroci is an Italian diplomat who served briefly as a European Commissioner in 2014.
Ferdinando Spinola was Marquis of Arquata Scrivia and the 172nd Doge of the Republic of Genoa.