Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, was an Italian mountaineer and explorer, briefly Infante of Spain as son of Amadeo I of Spain, member of the royal House of Savoy and cousin of the Italian King Victor Emmanuel III. He is known for his Arctic explorations and for his mountaineering expeditions, particularly to Mount Saint Elias and K2. He also served as an Italian admiral during World War I. He created Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi in Italian Somalia during his last years of life.
Sacred Silence is a 1996 Italian film directed by Antonio Capuano that deals with a Catholic priest, his pederastic relationship with a Napolitan street boy, and the domination of daily life in Southern Italy by the Camorra. The title translates as Pianese Nunzio, 14 in May and the movie was released in the US with the title Sacred Silence.
Goodbye Casanova was a 2000 fantasy-romance film directed by Mauro Borrelli, starring Yasmine Bleeth, Paul Ganus, Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi and Flea.
The "Luigi Pigorini" National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography was a public and research museum located in Rome, Italy. Established in 1875 and opened in 1876 by Luigi Pigorini, from 2016, its collections became part of the newly instituted Museum of Civilizations', currently directed by Andrea Viliani. The museum was housed in the Collegio Romano from 1875 to 1923.
Valentina Borrelli is a female volleyball player, who claimed the gold medal with the women's national team at the 2002 World Championship in Germany. She played as a wing-spiker, wearing the number 15 jersey. She made her international debut on 17 May 1996 in a match against the All Stars (2-3). Borrelli was the captain of River Volley Piacenza in 2010.
Quo Vadis, Baby? is a 2005 Italian mystery-drama film directed by Gabriele Salvatores.
Luca Borrelli is an Italian professional football player currently playing for Lega Pro Seconda Divisione team S.S. Scafatese Calcio 1922 on loan from S.S.C. Napoli.
Terapia d'urgenza is an Italian television series.
Martino's Summer is a 2010 Italian drama film directed by Massimo Natale. It won the Audience Award at the 2011 Flaiano Prizes. It tells the story of a young man in southern Italy who has a romance with a vacationer from the north and learns to surf from an officer on a U.S. military base.
David Borrelli is a Canadian-born Italian ice hockey player, now retired from pro hockey. He last played with the HC Asiago of the Italian Elite.A.
Registe, also known as Women Directors, is a 2014 Italian independent film written and directed by Diana Dell'Erba.
Bormioli Rocco is an Italian manufacturer of household goods now operating under the name Bormioli Luigi SpA. The company is one of the world's leading suppliers of tableware and glassware. Founded in 1825 in Fidenza, Bormioli Rocco produces glassware and plastic containers for home use, as well as containers for pharmaceutical use.
David Borrelli is an Italian politician and member of the European Parliament.
Simone Borrelli is an Italian actor, director, singer, songwriter and musician.
Paolo Panceri was an Italian naturalist. Panceri graduated in medicine at the University of Pavia where he began his research. In 1861 he took the Chair of Comparative anatomy at the University of Naples, where he directed the Zoology Museum. Panceri was cautious about the scientific validity of evolutionary theories but was instrumental in the foundation of the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn. His findings on the bioluminescence of marine invertebrates and studies of Amphioxus led to fame in Italy and abroad. In 1874 he sold his books and scientific papers to Biblioteca Universitaria di Napoli to pay for an expedition to Egypt. They constitute an example of a nineteenth-century library specializing in the natural sciences and comparative anatomy. His students in Naples include Carlo Emery, Leopoldo Maggi and Antonio della Valle. He died aged 44.
Luigi Ferraro was an officer of the Royal Italian Navy and pioneer of Italian submarine warfare, most notable for his service with the commando frogman unit Decima Flottiglia MAS. In 1943 in Turkey he attacked four ships carrying chromium ore. He was decorated with the gold medal for military valor for having sunk three enemy ships alone.
Luigi Toro was an Italian painter and patriot. He painted historical canvases in a Romantic style.
The Festival del Viaggio is an annual cultural festival held each June in Florence, Viareggio or Palermo (Italy). The festival features a vast array of conferences, exhibitions, concerts, movies, and documentaries about traveling. It also organizes workshops on writing and photography about travel, in collaborations with the University of Pisa and the province of Florence. It was the first of its kind in Italy.
Gennaro Borrelli is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Serie B club Brescia, on loan from Frosinone.
Fabrizio Curcio is an Italian government official, who served as Head of the Civil Protection from 3 April 2015 to 8 August 2017 and again since 26 February 2021.
