The 1966 flood of the Arno (Italian: Alluvione di Firenze del 4 novembre 1966) in Florence killed 101 people and damaged or destroyed millions of masterpieces...
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Carolyn Price Horton (category Place of birth missing)
damaged from the 1966 flood of the Arno. Horton developed novel emergency conservation techniques which she also applied in the 1972 flood of the Corning Glass...
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Sara Funaro (category Mayors of Florence)
Bargellini, mayor of Florence during the 1966 flood of the Arno. She obtained a degree in clinical psychology at the University of Florence and a specialization...
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able to protect the city of Venice from extreme events such as floods and morphological degradation.[citation needed] 1966 flood of the Arno Ackroyd, Peter...
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occurred as a result of specific events including the 1904 fire at the Turin National University Library and the 1966 flood of the Arno which damaged over...
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Ponte Vecchio (category Bridges completed in the 14th century)
rebuilt using a combination of original and modern designs. The bridge was severely damaged in the 1966 flood of the Arno. Between 2005 and 2006, 5,500...
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Penitent Magdalene (Donatello) (category Sculptures of Mary Magdalene)
Charles VIII of France in the 1480s, when he was camped with his army near Florence. The work was damaged by the 1966 flood of the Arno, and the restoration...
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Days of Destruction (Italian: Per Firenze) is a 1966 documentary about the 1966 Flood of the Arno River and its catastrophic effect on the city of Florence...
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list of notable recorded floods that have occurred in Europe. Drought Floods Directive List of floods 2021 European floods List of flash floods Storm...
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The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the most important river of central Italy after the Tiber. The river originates on Monte Falterona...
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flood of the Arno as a sign of solidarity and to help repair the psychological damage done by the flood. The group was formed in Florence, Italy in 1966. Contributors...
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Peter Waters (category Academics of the Royal College of Art)
Firenze 1966 Flood of the Arno River Library of Congress Waters, Peter (1993). Procedures for Salvage of Water Damaged Library Materials. Library of Congress...
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Giovanni delle Bande Nere (category People of the War of the League of Cognac)
along with that of his wife to preserve the remains, which were damaged in the 1966 flood of the Arno River, and to ascertain the cause of his death. Preliminary...
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concern caused by the 1966 Flood of the Arno River, the bones of Anna Maria Luisa were exhumed. A scientific examination found no traces of syphilis. He was...
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Stefano Pieri (category 16th-century people from the Republic of Florence)
the altarpiece of Santa Maria della Neve in the Monastero delle Murate (faded following the 1966 flood of the Arno); and the Madonna in Glory on the main...
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of 2nd Infantry Division soldiers south of the Korean Demilitarized Zone. November 4 – 1966 flood of the Arno river in Italy hits Florence, flooding it...
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Richard Burton (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
narrating the documentary, Florence: Days of Destruction, which was about the 1966 flood of the Arno that devastated the city of Florence, Italy; the film...
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were killed and many towns in the Piave river valley were obliterated. On 4 November 1966, the 1966 Flood of the Arno River in Florence, Tuscany, killed...
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as being his main influences. The latter taught him all about wine during the 1966 flood of the Arno. He launched the Enoteca Nazionale, then a collection...
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Badia Polyptych (category Paintings of the Madonna and Child)
the gables) removed. After surviving the 1966 flood of the Arno, the polyptych was again restored in 2000. The work is composed by five framed paintings...
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I Modi (redirect from The Sixteen Pleasures)
novel The Sixteen Pleasures by Robert Hellenga, a copy of the book is discovered in a convent following the 1966 flood of the Arno. History of erotic...
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Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (redirect from Anna Maria Luisa of the Palatinate)
after concern caused by the 1966 Flood of the Arno River, her bones were exhumed. A scientific examination found no traces of syphilis, which she had long...
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Saint Augustine in His Study (Botticelli, Ognissanti) (redirect from Vision of St. Augustine (Botticelli))
to the nave. They are now in the refectory, moved there after sustaining slight damage in the 1966 flood of the Arno. In the first move, part of the frame...
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literary theory. November 3–4 – The 1966 flood of the Arno in Florence causes severe damage to libraries, including the National Central Library and Gabinetto...
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George A. Baer (section Career in the United States)
invitation to help restore books in the Florence, Italy libraries that were water-damaged in the devastating 1966 Flood of the Arno River. Mostly working from...
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is the main railway station in Florence, Italy. The station is used by 59 million people every year and is one of the busiest in Italy. It is at the northern...
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Preservation (library and archive) (category Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage)
damaged from the 1966 flood of the Arno and the 1972 flood of the Corning Museum of Glass Peter Waters, former Conservation Officer at the Library of Congress...
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dell'Iris (garden) established. 1961 – Population: 436,516. 1966 – 4 November: 1966 Flood of the Arno River. 1968 – Ospedale Piero Palagi [it] (hospital) built...
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Paris Métro. Other notable achievements were her report of the 1966 flood of the Arno and the Northern Irish conflict in Belfast. Carmi was also a portraitist...
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Reggello (category Municipalities of the Metropolitan City of Florence)
to 1840. The 1966 flood of the Arno triggered a landslide that destroyed a neighborhood in Reggello, killing seven people. The Parish Church of San Pietro...
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