• 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station (category Railway stations in Italy opened in the 1930s)
    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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    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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  • the United States. November 4 – 1966 flood of the Arno river in Italy hits Florence, flooding it to a maximum depth of 6.7 m (22 ft), leaving thousands...
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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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    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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    I Modi (redirect from The Sixteen Pleasures)
    In the 1989 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...
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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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  • Millard Meiss (category Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America)
    restoration efforts following the 1966 Flood of the Arno River, despite being in ill health. He gave the 1970 Aspects of Art Lecture. Upon his death he...
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    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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  • iconographic collection from the Risorgimento period. Collections were seriously damaged by the 1966 flood of the Arno. Nonetheless, the facility and collections...
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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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    damage from the 1966 flood of the Arno river. The entryway has been outfitted in 2006 with an interior transparent portal allowing the doors to remain open...
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