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Pietro della Valle

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Pietro della Valle , 1586-1652, Italian traveler in Asia. He sailed (1614) from Venice; spent a year in Constantinople, where he studied Turkish and Arabic; then traveled in Egypt, the Holy Land, Arabia, Persia, and India, returning to Italy in 1626. An account of his travels based on his letters appeared in two volumes (1650-58); a part appeared in English, with a life of Della Valle as The Travels of Pietro della Valle in India (ed. by Edward Gray, Hakluyt Society, Vol. LXXXIV and LXXXV, 1892). Author not available, VALLE, PIETRO DELLA. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth... Read more

Lanfranco, Giovanni
...1582–1647). Italian painter, who with Guercino and Pietro da Cortona ranks as one of the founders of the High Baroque...Their work can be compared in the church of S. Andrea della Valle; Domenichino painted the apse and the pendentives of the... Read more

Lanfranco, Giovanni
...29 Nov. 1647). Italian painter, who with Guercino and Pietro da Cortona ranks as one of the founders of the High Baroque...Their work can be compared in the church of S. Andrea della Valle; Domenichino painted the apse and the pendentives of the... Read more

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	French community stage Pellegrino in Kuwait. ; ...called Twais. The orchestra tells the story of Pietro Della Valle, from the period 1614-1626. Pietro Della Valle was an Italian traveller who was born in...Jerusalem. After visiting the Holy Places, Valle continued his journey to Damascus, Aleppo... Read more
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	Vodafone Group PLC Analyst and Investor Day - Final ; ...to you on May 30. And after that, I will hand over to Pietro Guindini, who is our Chief Executive Officer here in Italy. And he and Margherita Della Valle, who is the CFO in Vodafone Italy, will make presentations... Read more
	Rossini: La Pietra del Paragone ; ...consideration. This live recording from the 1993 Festival della Valle d'Itria is a sparkler. The voices are good, the style...contralto, yielding some vibrant, rich-hued singing from Pietro Spagnoli and Sara Mingardo. The two ladies angling for... Read more
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	Obituary: George Bull ; ...the Artists (Part 1 1965 and Part 2 1987), Aretino's Selected Letters (1976), Five Renaissance Comedies (1978) and Pietro Della Valle's Journeys (1989). Other writings on Venice and on the Renaissance culminated in his masterly biography Michelangelo... Read more
	A family affair: the story of enterprise in Italy has always been one of family history. (Lifestyle). ; ...A small shoe outfit started by Dorino Della Valle had its beginnings in 1940, at Sant'Elpidio...family worked at it, and the son, Diego Della Valle, still remembers the smell of leather...start a small pasta business, to brothers Pietro and Gianni, who after World War II started... Read more
	A family affair: the story of enterprise in Italy has always been one of family history. (Life Style). ; ...A small shoe outfit started by Dorino Della valle had its beginnings in 1940, at Sant'Elpidio...family worked at it, and the son, Diego Della Valle, still remembers the smell of leather...start a small pasta business, to brothers Pietro and Gianni, who after World War II started... Read more
	A family affair: the story of enterprise in Italy has always been one of family history. (Lifestyle).(Industry Overview) ; ...A small shoe outfit started by Dorino Della Valle had its beginnings in 1940, at Sant'Elpidio...family worked at it, and the son, Diego Della Valle, still remembers the smell of leather...start a small pasta business, to brothers Pietro and Gianni, who after World War II started... Read more

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