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    Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de Brazza (born Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà; 26 January 1852 – 14 September 1905) was an Italian-French explorer...
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  • Savorgnan de Brazza or Savorgnan di Brazza may refer to: Jacques Savorgnan de Brazza (1859–1888), also known as Jacques Savorgnan di Brazza and Giacomo...
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    Savorgnan de Brazza was one of eight Bougainville-class avisos built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) in the 1930s. Completed in 1933, she was assigned...
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    Jacques Savorgnan di Brazza (or Giacomo Savorgnan de Brazza e Cergneu; 14 December 1859 – 29 February 1888) was an Italian naturalist, mountaineer and...
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    In 1887, she went to Italy and married Detalmo Savorgnan di Brazza, brother of explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza. They settled in his family estate at...
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    spheres of influence on the continent. The Italian-born explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, who was granted French citizenship in 1874, officially founded...
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    Palazzo Savorgnan is a palace in Venice, Italy, located in the Cannaregio district and overlooking Canale di Cannaregio, to the right of Palazzo Priuli...
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    Enzo Savorgnan di Brazzà, Count of Montaspro (10 October 1910 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian Fascist politician and soldier, member of the Chamber of...
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    In 1906, The Literary Digest translated portions of an article by F. Savorgnan de Brazza, which first appeared in the French publication Cosmos. His...
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    fell in love with Lucina, a Savorgnan daughter, but the family feud frustrated their courtship. The next morning, the Savorgnans led an attack on the city...
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    The first European explorer to trace the river to its source was Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, who traveled in the area in the 1870s. The Ogowe River receives...
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    near Vicenza before June 1524, and dedicated it to his cousin Lucina Savorgnan. Its existence before 1524 is demonstrated by a letter from Pietro Bembo...
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    fortify the city, and commissioned the Italian military engineers Giulio Savorgnan and Francesco Barbaro to design the new fortifications. The medieval fortifications...
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  • activist and businesswoman Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852–1905), Italian-born, naturalized French explorer. Jacques Savorgnan de Brazza (1859–1888), Italian...
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    duty, underlying many nations' strategies. In the early 1880s, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza was exploring the region along the Congo River for France, at...
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    their energy ranges ... to 10106 years for black holes of up to 1014 M☉ Savorgnan, Giulia A.D.; Graham, Alister W.; Marconi, Alessandro; Sani, Eleonora...
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    annexed by Venice in 1420 and control over Udine was granted to Tristano Savorgnan, the leader of a family in the city. His family had mostly been executed...
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    of Djibouti (French Somaliland), and the island of Madagascar. Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza helped to formalise French control in Gabon and on the northern...
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    discredited. On the north bank of the river arrived the French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, born in the Italian city of Rome in 1852. As a French naval...
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    member of the aristocratic Pineton de Chambrun family. Moreover, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza was one of his paternal uncles. Chambrun's godfathers was Philippe...
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    Lagrée Lieutenant de St Aloüarn Lieutenant Francis Garnier Lieutenant Savorgnan de Brazza Admiral Florent de Varennes—first admiral of France Admiral...
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    fell with the demise of the slave trade in the 1870s. Explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza led his first mission to the Gabon-Congo area in 1875. He founded...
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    began on 2 December 1961. In 2007, the airport was dedicated to Pietro Savorgnan di Brazzà, a 19th century explorer with Friulian origins. In 2016 the...
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    or Little Congo. Brazzaville derives from the colony's founder, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazzà, an Italian nobleman whose title referred to the town of Brazzacco...
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    mausoleum, first president of Comoros. Marien Ngouabi's mausoleum and Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza's mausoleum in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. Mausoleum of...
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    experienced men to lead his expeditions. He first tried to persuade Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, but he had already entered French service; his eye now fell...
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  • Count Ascanio di Brazzà-Cergneu-Savorgnan and his family. He was paternal great-great-grandfather of Carlo Emanuele....
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    treaties promising French protection by the Italian-French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza during the mid-1800s, who convinced indigenous communities to...
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  • Ogooué River. Above Ndjolé there are rapids on the river. In 1883, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza founded the military post of Ndjolé, a strategic point located...
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  • Ronan Chapalain, Pascal Vuong, Produced by Francois Mantello, Franck Savorgnan, Catherine Vuong, Pascal Vuong Starring Guillaume Denaiffe, Norbert Ferrer...
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