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The Peter and Paul Cathedral is located inside the Peter and Paul Fortre...
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The Peter and Paul Cathedral is located inside the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia. The fortress, originally built under Peter the Great and designed by the italian Domenico Trezzini, between 1712 and 1733.The cathedral houses the remains of almost all the Russian Emperors and Empresses from Peter the Great to Nicholas II and his family who were finally laid to rest in July 1998.
Also was Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia for 34 years. (Of the post-Petrine rulers, only Peter II and Ivan VI are not buried here.
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The Ayeyarwadyis a river running through Burma (Myanmar). It is the larg...
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The Ayeyarwadyis a river running through Burma (Myanmar). It is the largest river of the state (about 2170 kilometers long) and the channel most important commercial waterway, with a bed of approximately 411,000 km². The names Irrawaddy and Ayeyarwady are believed to have derived either from the Sanskrit name Iravati, a sacred river and minor goddess in Indian mythology, or from her son Airavata, the elephant mount of Indra. It arises by the confluence of the N'mai and Mali Rivers in Kachin State Kachin. Both the N'mai and Mali Rivers find their sources in the Himalaya glaciers of Northern Myanmar. The delta of the Irrawaddy begins about 58 miles (93 km) above Hinthada (Henzada) and about 180 miles.
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Volubilis was an important Roman town situated near the westernmost bord...
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Volubilis was an important Roman town situated near the westernmost border of Roman conquests. It was built on the site of a previous Carthaginian settlement from (at the latest) the third century BC . Volubilis was the administrative center of the province in Roman Africa called Mauretania Tingitana . The fertile lands of the province produced many commodities such as grain and olive oil, which were exported to Rome . Since the mid seventh century there was still a Latin and Christian civilization that went up (so it seems) the arrival of Idris I, who, in 789, established the capital of his kingdom .Only in the nineteenth century excavations were initiated to recover as you can see today.
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The church of S.Antoniello at Port'Alba in Naples - Italy, is a church n...
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The church of S.Antoniello at Port'Alba in Naples - Italy, is a church north of the church of San Domenico Maggiore, in the historic center of Naples, Its origin dates to 1550 .It contains works of art by some of the leading Italian artists of the 18th century. - Hosting the Archdiocese of Naples Italy, the Catholic faith is highly important to the people of Naples and there are hundreds of churches in the city. The Cathedral of Naples is the most important place of worship in the city, each year on September 19 it hosts the Miracle of Saint Januarius, the city's patron saint.In the miracle which thousands of Neapolitans flock to witness, the dried blood of Januarius is said to turn to liquid when brought close to relics said to be of his body: this is one of the most important traditions for Neapolitans.
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Spoleto (Latin Spoletium) is an ancient city in the Italian province of ...
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Spoleto (Latin Spoletium) is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines.The first historical mention of Spoletium is the notice of the foundation of a colony there in 241 BC; and it was still, according to Cicero colonia latina in primis firma et illustris : a Latin colony in 95 BC. Under the Lombards, Spoleto became the capital of an independent duchy, the Duchy of Spoleto (from 570), and its dukes ruled a considerable part of central Italy. In 774 it became part of Holy Roman Empire. Together with other fiefs, it was bequeathed to Pope Gregory VII by the powerful countess Matilda of Tuscany, but for some time struggled to maintain its independence. In 1155 it was destroyed by Frederick Barbarossa. In 1213 it was definitively occupied by Pope Gregory IX. During the absence of the papal court in Avignon, it was prey to the struggles between Guelphs and Ghibellines, until in 1354 Cardinal Albornoz brought it once more under the authority of the Papal States. - The Festival dei Due Mondi (Festival of the Two Worlds) was founded in 1958. Because Spoleto was a small town, where real estate and other goods and services were at the time relatively inexpensive, and also because there are two indoor theatres, a Roman theatre and many other spaces, it was chosen by Gian-Carlo Menotti as the venue for an arts festival. It is also fairly close to Rome, with good rail connections. It is an important cultural event, held annually in late June-early July.The festival has developed into one of the most important cultural manifestations in Italy, with a three-week schedule of music, theater and dance performances. - In the United States, a parallel festival — Spoleto Festival USA — held in Charleston, South Carolina was founded in 1977 with Menotti's involvement .
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