• 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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