Look up PIA or pia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pia or PIA may refer to: Pia, Pyrénées-Orientales, a French commune Pia, Iran, a village in Razavi...
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Pia Zadora (born Pia Alfreda Schipani; May 4, 1954) is an American actress and singer. She debuted a child actress on Broadway, in regional theater, and...
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Pia de' Tolomei is a tragedia lirica (tragic opera) in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian libretto after Bartolomeo Sestini's...
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The Opera Pia dei Poveri Mendicanti was a civic welfare institutional service created in Bologna, Italy, in the 16th century by a group of ruling patricians...
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Pia Whitesell (née Loyola Blanco, previously Miller; born 2 November 1983) is an Australian model, actress and television presenter. Whitesell came to...
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The Pia Opera Pastore was a private charitable institution, mainly in support of poor and sick people, which had its seat in the palace of the baron Felice...
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Europe. In Corso Regina Margherita, another notable building is the former Opera pia Reynero, a charitable organization. The building was built in 1892. Being...
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Maria Pia also maintained a rocky relationship with her father-in-law Ferdinand II of Portugal, disapproving his morganatic marriage to an opera singer...
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Bologna Process Bolognese bell ringing List of tallest buildings in Bologna Opera Pia Dei Poveri Mendicanti San Girolamo dell'Arcoveggio Santa Maria Annunziata...
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a palazzo in Via Marsala #7, Bologna, Italy. It was once home of the Opera Pia dei Poveri Vergognosi or Charity home for the Shameful Poor, but now houses...
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his pastoral mission in his home town of Bologna. He established the Opera Pia Mission as part of the missions. He preached in around 62 Italian dioceses...
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province of Rieti, region of Lazio, Italy. It is adjacent to the oratory of Opera Pia Cimini. A church at the site was likely present from early medieval times...
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Confraternity of St. Charles Borromeo in the late 16th century, the Confraternity Opera Pia San Rocco can be considered to all intents and purposes the oldest sodality...
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Divine Comedy in popular culture (section Opera)
enter the underworld. Gaetano Donizetti's 1837 opera Pia de' Tolomei centers around the life of the titular Pia de' Tolomei as mentioned in Purgatorio Canto...
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his tragic opera, Pia de' Tolomei. She was initially immortalized by Dante, who encounters her in Purgatory: Ricorditi di me, che son la Pia: Siena mi...
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performances and she appeared in 32 different operas and operettas over the years. Born Hjördis Sophie Tilgmann, Pia Ravenna came from a Swedish-speaking musical...
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of the local Monte di Pietà and founder of the Opera Pia delle Fanciulle Povere, a form of Opera Pia Dei Poveri Mendicanti. Originally the charity was...
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Pia is a feminine given name. In Spanish, it is spelled Pía. Pia Adelsteen (born 1963), Danish politician Pia Beckmann (born 1963), German politician...
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quaestionum, 1515 Compilations Marquard Freher, Opera historica, Minerva, Frankfurt/Main, 1966 Johannes Busaeus, Opera pia et spiritualia (1604 and 1605) Johannes...
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Porta Pia was one of the northern gates in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. One of Pope Pius IV's civic improvements to the city, it is named after...
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term until 2021. Since 2015, Guerri has been president of the Fondazione Opera pia Carità laicale and director of MuSa, the Museo di Salò. In 2016, he founded...
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de l'opéra, les indispensables de la musique, R. Mancini & J-J. Rouvereux, (Fayard, 1986), ISBN 2-213-01563-5 Pia Tassinari's biography at Opera Vivrà...
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work with the poor. In 1783, she founded and became the director of the Opera Pia Trivulzio, a home for Milan's elderly, where she lived as the nuns of...
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was restructured, and the collection augmented by paintings from the Opera Pia Bianchi and the Fondazione Benni di Bologna. The paintings represent Bolognese-Emilian...
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Music Festival. The song was originally composed by Nannini for her rock opera Pia de' Tolomei, based on the Italian noblewoman known for her appearance...
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Pia de' Tolomei was an Italian noblewoman from Siena identified as "la Pia," a minor character in Dante's Divine Comedy who was murdered by her husband...
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Antonio Faccio, owner of the Cascina del Valinotto and founder of the Opera Pia Faccio-Frichieri in Carignano. The interior, including its highly elaborate...
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clothing the poor, especially the teachers and pupils of the Jewish schools. Opera Pia Franco, founded by Joseph Franco in 1772 for the promotion of rabbinical...
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member of the boards of directors of several foundations, including the Opera Pia "Albergo dei Fanciulli". Pope John Paul II named him titular bishop of...
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Purità (Gallipoli, Lecce), euros 300.000 Opera preservazione della fede (Ventimiglia, Imperia), euros 420.000 Opera Pia Casa Regina Coeli (Napoli) euros 40...
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