Francesco Fontana (c. 1585, Naples – July 1656, Naples) was an Italian lawyer and an astronomer. Francesco Fontana studied law at the University of Naples...
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by the Inquisition. In the autumn of 1639, the Neapolitan optician Francesco Fontana tested a 22-palm telescope of his own making and discovered the characteristic...
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to be a relative of the famous Roman architect Carlo Fontana, Giovanni Maria or Francesco Fontana arrived in the Russian port of Arkhangelsk from Denmark...
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artists such as Poussin, Lorrain, Velázquez, Duquesnoy, Algardi, Francesco Fontana and Cosimo Fancelli. Born as Carlo in 1620 into the prominent princely...
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Casanatense at Santa Maria sopra Minerva. Fontana mainly worked in Rome, assisted by his nephews Girolamo and Francesco Fontana (1668–1708), but he sent a model...
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The Praetorian Fountain (Italian: Fontana Pretoria) is a monumental fountain located in Piazza Pretoria in the historic center of Palermo, region of Sicily...
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region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. The church was designed by Francesco Fontana, son of Carlo Fontana, and erected between 1701 and 1728. The church was commissioned...
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Francesco Fontana's drawing of the supposed satellite(s) of Venus. Woodcuts from Fontana's work. The fringes of light around Venus are produced by optical...
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of Syracuse). The present church was designed and built in 1702 by Francesco Fontana. It survived the earthquake of 1781, but the cupola fell with the...
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Antonietti, Fabrizio; Mele, Andrea; Minisci, Francesco; Punta, Carlo; Recupero, Francesco; Fontana, Francesca (February 2004). "Enthalpic and polar...
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friars of the Franciscan order, and in 1297 the Archbishop of Milan, Francesco Fontana da Siena, invited the parishioners to contribute to the building of...
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Fontana is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Carlo Fontana (1634 or 1638–1714), an Italian architect Domenico Fontana (1543–1607), an...
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unknown Philipp Clüver, German geographer and historian (d. 1623) Francesco Fontana, Italian lawyer and astronomer (d. 1656) Dirk Hartog, Dutch ship's...
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Simona Corso (2003) Adriano Lo Monaco (2004) Piercarlo Rizzi (2005) Francesco Fontana (2006) Paolo Fallai (2007) Luca Giachi (2008) Carlo Carabba (2009)...
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Simona Corso (2003) Adriano Lo Monaco (2004) Piercarlo Rizzi (2005) Francesco Fontana (2006) Paolo Fallai (2007) Luca Giachi (2008) Carlo Carabba (2009)...
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Simona Corso (2003) Adriano Lo Monaco (2004) Piercarlo Rizzi (2005) Francesco Fontana (2006) Paolo Fallai (2007) Luca Giachi (2008) Carlo Carabba (2009)...
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Giuliano da Sangallo. The vault was lowered in 1705 under the architect Francesco Fontana, and there was another renovation in 1875. The interior has a nave...
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Simona Corso (2003) Adriano Lo Monaco (2004) Piercarlo Rizzi (2005) Francesco Fontana (2006) Paolo Fallai (2007) Luca Giachi (2008) Carlo Carabba (2009)...
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Simona Corso (2003) Adriano Lo Monaco (2004) Piercarlo Rizzi (2005) Francesco Fontana (2006) Paolo Fallai (2007) Luca Giachi (2008) Carlo Carabba (2009)...
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Congregation of the Inquisition by Pope Leo XIII in 1883. Others were: Francesco Fontana, appointed in 1816 by Pope Pius VII; Luigi Lambruschini, appointed...
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Simona Corso (2003) Adriano Lo Monaco (2004) Piercarlo Rizzi (2005) Francesco Fontana (2006) Paolo Fallai (2007) Luca Giachi (2008) Carlo Carabba (2009)...
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Simona Corso (2003) Adriano Lo Monaco (2004) Piercarlo Rizzi (2005) Francesco Fontana (2006) Paolo Fallai (2007) Luca Giachi (2008) Carlo Carabba (2009)...
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Simona Corso (2003) Adriano Lo Monaco (2004) Piercarlo Rizzi (2005) Francesco Fontana (2006) Paolo Fallai (2007) Luca Giachi (2008) Carlo Carabba (2009)...
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Simona Corso (2003) Adriano Lo Monaco (2004) Piercarlo Rizzi (2005) Francesco Fontana (2006) Paolo Fallai (2007) Luca Giachi (2008) Carlo Carabba (2009)...
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Simona Corso (2003) Adriano Lo Monaco (2004) Piercarlo Rizzi (2005) Francesco Fontana (2006) Paolo Fallai (2007) Luca Giachi (2008) Carlo Carabba (2009)...
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fountain should be distinguished from the nearby Fontana dei Tritoni (Fountain of the Tritons) by Carlo Francesco Bizzaccheri in Piazza Bocca della Verità which...
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Fontana is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southwestern part of the Moon's near side, to the south of the Oceanus Procellarum. It lies to...
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Simona Corso (2003) Adriano Lo Monaco (2004) Piercarlo Rizzi (2005) Francesco Fontana (2006) Paolo Fallai (2007) Luca Giachi (2008) Carlo Carabba (2009)...
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Simona Corso (2003) Adriano Lo Monaco (2004) Piercarlo Rizzi (2005) Francesco Fontana (2006) Paolo Fallai (2007) Luca Giachi (2008) Carlo Carabba (2009)...
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Simona Corso (2003) Adriano Lo Monaco (2004) Piercarlo Rizzi (2005) Francesco Fontana (2006) Paolo Fallai (2007) Luca Giachi (2008) Carlo Carabba (2009)...
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