Giuseppe Fiorini (1861–1934) was an Italian luthier and is considered one of the most important Italian violin makers. He built his first instrument at the age of 16 while working in Bologna. He established Rieger and Fiorini in Germany from 1888, then lived in Zurich during World War 1 and Rome from 1923.
Quinto Martini (1908–1990) was an Italian artist and writer, born in Seano, Tuscany.
Romano Romanelli was an Italian artist, writer, and naval officer, known for his sculptures and his medals.
Ansaldo Poggi was born in Villafontana di Medicina (Bologna), 9 June 1893 and died in Bologna, 4 September 1984. He demonstrated his talent for the making of stringed instruments at a young age. His father, also an artisan, musician and amateur violinmaker, encouraged his son, steering him toward the arts. After the end of World War I he dedicated himself to the profession, taking up the craft again alongside his father while at the same time graduating from the Philharmonic Academy of Bologna. In 1921 he met up with the famous luthier Giuseppe Fiorini, of whom he was an adored disciple. In 1923 he won his first silver medal with a viola at the National Competition in Rome.
The Five Days of Milan was an insurrection and a major event in the Revolutionary Year of 1848 that started the First Italian War of Independence. On 18 March, a rebellion arose in the city of Milan which in five days of street fighting drove Marshal Radetzky and his Austrian soldiers from the city.
Jacopo Alighieri was an Italian poet, the son of Dante Alighieri, whom he followed in his exile. Jacopo's most famous work is his sixty-chapter Dottrinale. He is represented by his father in the Paradiso of the Divine Comedy as Saint James along with Saint Peter and Saint John the Evangelist, representing his brothers Pietro and Giovanni.
Ottone Rosai was an Italian painter born in Florence, Italy.
Armando Spadini was an Italian painter and one of the representatives of the so-called Scuola Romana.
Juti Ravenna was an Italian painter.
Giuseppe De Luigi was an Italian artist.
The Moglietti sanctuary is a sanctuary devoted to Our Lady of Graces in the comune of Coggiola.
Madonna della Scodella is an oil painting on panel by Antonio da Correggio, dated from 1528 to about 1530 and preserved at the Galleria nazionale di Parma.
The two fontane dei mostri marini are located in the Piazza della Santissima Annunziata in Florence, Italy.
Massimo Podestà is an Italian artist and architect born in Sarzana, Italy, living and working in Florence, Italy.
Giacomo Bellacchi (1838–1924) was an Italian mathematician.
Pietà is an oil on panel painting by Sebastiano del Piombo, executed c. 1516–1517, now in the Museo civico in Viterbo.
Giuseppe Palanti was an Italian painter, illustrator, and urban planner, best known for his portraits, notably of Mussolini and Pius XI. He had a long collaboration with Teatro alla Scala in Milan, creating costume, set design and advertising material for multiple opera productions. He was also a major contributor towards the development of the seaside resort Milano Marittima.
Carlo Belli was an Italian art critic, theorist, and writer.
Pietro Perreau was an Italian librarian and Hebraist.
The Martyrdom of Saint Maurice and his Comrades is an illuminated manuscript commissioned as a diplomatic gift to Giovanni Cossa by the Venetian general Jacopo Antonio Marcello (1399–1464). The smallest miniatures are attributed to an unknown Lombard artist in the International Gothic style and the larger ones to Jacopo Bellini or Giovanni Bellini. It passed through several owners before in 1785 being acquired by the collection now known as the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal in Paris.
