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Sorbello and its ruling Marquises. A short history of the fief between Umbria and Tuscany from the 14th to the 19th century Activities and EventsPublications

Sorbello and its ruling Marquises. A short history of the fief between Umbria and Tuscany from the 14th to the 19th century

by Uguccione Ranieri di Sorbello Publisher: Fondazione Ranieri di Sorbello The estate of the Marquis of Sorbello was a direct imperial stronghold that lasted about 400 hundreds years and managed to mantain its indipendence until 1819 when it was finally amalgamated into the Grand-Duchy of Tuscany. The originality of the building of Sorbello castle is due to the fact that…
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September 15, 2017
The Etruscan Well Activities and EventsPublications

The Etruscan Well

Texts by: Franco Ivan Nucciarelli, Francesca Romana Cappelletti Publisher: Fondazione Ranieri di Sorbello What makes the Etruscan Well exceptional is both its truly remarkable size, since it reaches a depth of approximately 37 meters, and the type of construction and its roof. The structure of the well consists of a cylindrical shaft, starting at about 4 meters below the present-day…
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February 3, 2017
CORTONA 1944 Activities and EventsPublications

CORTONA 1944

by Janet Kinrade Dethick This book relates what happened in the Comune of Cortona during the latter part of the Second World War, between the Armistice of 8 September 1943 and the first days of July 1944. Recounted by the village priests, partisan Bruno Valli, writer and evacuee Renata Orengo (wife of Jewish author Giacomo Debenedetti), civilian Dr. Giancarlo Zenone,…
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July 8, 2014
The Trasimene Line June-July 1944 – REVISED EDITION Activities and EventsPublications

The Trasimene Line June-July 1944 – REVISED EDITION

by Janet Kinrade Dethick This book relates what happened along one small section of the Trasimene Line, from Lake Chiusi to the western shores of Lake Trasimeno, using eyewitness accounts from Italian civilians, written accounts from local partisans, official war diaries from the battalions involved, regimental histories, books and articles written about the battle by both protagonists and journalists, the…
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May 17, 2013
Ribbon of fire. How Europe adopted and developed US strip mill technology (1920-2000) Activities and EventsPublications

Ribbon of fire. How Europe adopted and developed US strip mill technology (1920-2000)

edited by Jonathan Aylen and Ruggero Ranieri Like railways in the 19th century and the internet in the 21st century, steel strip production was a technology that unlocked growth in a wide range of user industries during the 20th century. Invented in America in the 1920’s, the wide strip mill spread to Europe, allowing a wide range of modern manufacturing industries to…
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December 12, 2012
Trasimeno Grand Tour Activities and EventsPublications

Trasimeno Grand Tour

edited by Marilena De Vecchi Ranieri and Valentina Costantini A guided tour to discover the most secret and hidden places on the shores of Lake Trasimeno, between past and present. For the first time are combined into a single volume only the original of the most illustrious foreign travelers of the 19th and 20th century which, with their pen, recounted the history,…
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December 22, 2010
The House Museum of the Palazzo Sorbello in Perugia Activities and EventsPublications

The House Museum of the Palazzo Sorbello in Perugia

edited by Helen Rees Leahy The new catalog of the House Museum of Palazzo Sorbello presents the art collections of the Marchesi Ranieri Bourbon di Sorbello, outlining the various historical events of an important family of central Italy. Historians and art experts have given their contribution in order to achieve an interesting book, full of pictures of the rooms of…
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December 22, 2010