Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian filmmaker, stage director, and screenwriter. A major figure of Italian art and culture in the mid-20th century, Visconti was one of the fathers of cinematic neorealism, but later moved towards luxurious, sweeping epics dealing with themes of beauty, decadence, death and European history, especially the decay of the nobility and the bourgeoisie. He was the recipient of many accolades, including the Palme d'Or and the Golden Lion, and many of his works are regarded as highly-influential to future generations of filmmakers.
Tancred or Tankred is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that comes from thank- (thought) and -rath (counsel), meaning "well-thought advice". It was used in the High Middle Ages mainly by the Normans and especially associated with the Hauteville family in Italy. It is rare today as a first name, but still common as a Norman surname: Tanqueray, Tanquerey, Tanqueret. Its Italian form is Tancredi and in Latin it is Tancredus. Its Italian patronymic is also Tancredi.
The Duchy of Milan was a state in northern Italy, created in 1395 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, then the lord of Milan, and a member of the important Visconti family, that had been ruling the city since 1277.
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313?–1375) was an Italian author and poet.
Ottone Visconti was Archbishop of Milan and Lord of Milan, the first of the Visconti line. Under his rule, the commune of Milan became a strong Ghibelline city and one of the Holy Roman Empire's seats in Italy.
The biscione, less commonly known also as the vipera ("viper"), is a heraldic charge showing on argent an azure serpent in the act of eating or giving birth to a human. It is a historic symbol of the city of Milan, used by companies based in the city.
Visconti Castle may refer to a number of castles including:
Visconti is a surname which may refer to:
Galeazzo Visconti may refer to a number of members of the Italian Visconti dynasty:
Giovanni Visconti may refer to:
Valentina Visconti is the name of:
The male first name Ercole, Italian version of Hercules, can refer to:
Sforza Castle is a castle in Milan, northern Italy built in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, on the remnants of a 14th-century fortification.
Marco Visconti may refer to:
Gudo is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
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