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    The biscione (English: "big grass snake"), less commonly known also as the vipera, is in heraldry a charge consisting of a divine serpent in the act of...
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    Giovanni D'Anzi, which is in fact considered the hymn of the city), the biscione (in Milanese dialect el bisson), portrayed in the act of swallowing or...
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  • birthplace, the city of Milan: A red cross, from the emblem of Milan, and the biscione, a big grass snake and a child emerging from its mouth—emblem of the House...
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    Coat of arms, the biscione of the House of Visconti, on the Archbishops' palace in Piazza Duomo, Milan. The arms bear the initials IO.[HANNES] of Archbishop...
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  • has a Roman column and, on top of it, a bronze serpent donated by emperor Basil II in 1007. It may be the origin of the biscione/bissa symbol of Milan....
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    often used to represent football clubs in Italy – the grass snake, called Biscione, represents Inter. The snake is a symbol for the city of Milan, appearing...
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    the Duchy of Milan used the arms of the ruling House of Visconti, the biscione, a great serpent shown devouring a Saracen. This standard greatly replaced...
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    channel in Spain. In 1997, Tele 5 was rebranded as Telecinco, dropping the biscione-absent flower logo seen in other Mediaset channel logos. On April 4, 1986...
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    Union by population within city limits Outline of Italy Outline of Milan Biscione History of architecture and art in Milan "Resident Population on 1st January"...
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    [clarification needed] The most well-known case is that of the so-called "Biscione", a development in the shape of a long snake, situated on the hills of...
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    the Anguilla. In the 1989 film La Vouivre, the vouivre was a wood nymph. Biscione Shuker 2003, p. 16. "wyvern". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University...
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    Scallop Serpent Wolfsangel Legendary Allocamelus Alphyn Amphiptere Basilisk Biscione Chollima Cockatrice Dragon Chinese Enfield Garuda Griffin/Keythong Harpy...
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    Archived from the original on 3 February 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2008. Biscione, Francesco M. (1988). "AUDISIO, Walter in "Dizionario Biografico degli...
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    18 May 2024. "E' pace tra Mediaset e Vivendi: i francesi usciranno dal Biscione in 5 anni". AGI. 3 May 2021. Adnkronos (14 December 2020). "Mediaset compra...
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    the National Automobile Museum of Turin "The 20 best-selling cars of the biscione". Retrieved 23 December 2020. "The Company". alfaromeo.com. Retrieved 4...
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    February 1996). "Sulla coda del "Biscione" rispunta la mitica sigla Ti" [The mythical Ti badge is back on the "Biscione's" tail]. Corriere della Sera (in...
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    August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-26. "Le 20 auto più vendute nella storia del Biscione". quattroruote.it (in Italian). 22 December 2020. Retrieved 16 November...
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  • Alicante Amphisbaena Amphithere Apep/Apophis Azhi Dahaka Basilisk Bakonawa Biscione Cockatrice Dragon Drake Echidna (Greek) Fáfnir Feathered serpent Garafena...
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    2008. Retrieved 25 March 2023. "Le 20 auto più vendute nella storia del Biscione". quattroruote.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 November 2021. re (24 August...
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    It overlooks other neighboring areas of Campo de' Fiori and Piazza del Biscione in Rome, Italy. It was beneath the courtyard of this Palace on August 8...
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    Galeazzo Visconti also obtained the license to quarter the Visconti's biscione with the imperial eagle in the new ducal flag. The duchy, as defined in...
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    of the Duchy of Milan (the so-called Ducale, composed by quartering the Biscione and the Reichsadler), but the proposal was never discussed. The idea of...
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    on calibrated radiocarbon datings presented by archaeologist Raffaele Biscione in 1979, but this can be a unique survival of previous urban occupation...
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  • July 2023. Ferrari, Luca (22 February 2021). "Alfa Romeo: la storia del 'Biscione' in F1". FormulaPassion.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on...
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    (2010–2014) FCA Italy (2014–2020) "Le 20 auto più vendute nella storia del Biscione". quattroruote.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 November 2021. "27.06.2009...
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  • entire body. A famous example is the child swallowed by a dragon (the biscione) in the arms of Visconti dukes of Milan. Greco-Roman mythological figures...
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    adopted as the main emblem of Milan, at least until the advent of the biscione of the House of Visconti. Another (more recent) representation of the "scrofa...
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    Scallop Serpent Wolfsangel Legendary Allocamelus Alphyn Amphiptere Basilisk Biscione Chollima Cockatrice Dragon Chinese Enfield Garuda Griffin/Keythong Harpy...
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    alfaromeopress.com. Retrieved 2008-06-20. "Le 20 auto più vendute nella storia del Biscione". quattroruote.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 November 2021. "Alfa MiTo :...
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    Baicoli Baxin Befanini Bensone Berlingozzo Bignolata mantovana Bisciola Biscione reggiano Biscotto (smaller biscotto: biscottino); in English, biscotti...
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