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Paola (other)
Paola is a female given name. Paola may also refer to: People * Queen Paola of Belgium (born 1937) Places * Paola, Calabria, Italy ** Paola railway station * Paola, Malta * Paola, Kansas, U.S. See also * Paolo (other) * Payola (other) * Paula (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola
Paola is a female given name, the Italian form of the name Paula. In Greek it is Polina. Notable people with the name include: People In arts and entertainment * Paola Del Medico (born 1950), Swiss singer *Paola e Chiara, pop music duo consisting of two sisters born in Milan, Italy * Paola Ferrari (journalist) (born 1960), Italian journalist and television presenter * Paola Foka (born 1982), Greek singer *Paola Gaviria known as Power Paola (born 1977), Colombian-Ecuadorian cartoonist * Paola Lázaro (born 1994), Puerto Rican actress and playwright *Paola Marella (1963–2024), Italian television presenter * Paola Oliveira, Brazilian actress * Paola Rey (born 1979), Colombian actress * Paola Rojas (born 1976), Mexican television news personality *Paola Turbay (born 1970), Colombian actress In politics * Paola Balducci (born 1949), Italian politician and jurist * Paola Concia (born 1963), Italian politician *Paola De Micheli (born 1973), Italian politician * Paola Pabón (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Paola Of Belgium
Paola Margherita Maria-Antonia Consiglia dei Principi Ruffo di Calabria (born 11 September 1937) is a member of the Belgian royal family who was List of Belgian royal consorts, Queen of the Belgians during the reign of her husband, Albert II of Belgium, King Albert II, from 9 August 1993 to 21 July 2013. Early life and family background Paola Margherita Maria-Antonia Consiglia Ruffo di Calabria was born in Forte dei Marmi, Tuscany, Italy, the seventh and youngest child of Fulco Ruffo di Calabria, Fulco, Prince Ruffo di Calabria, 6th Duke of Guardia Lombarda (1884–1946), who was a List of World War I flying aces by nationality, World War I Italian flying ace.''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XVI. "Ruffo". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2001, pp. 522–529. . Her mother was :it:Luisa Gazelli di Rossana, Donna Luisa Gazelli dei Conti di Rossana e di Sebastiano (1896–1989), a matrilineality, matrilineal descendant of the Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola, Calabria
Paola ( Calabrian: ) is an Italian comune of 15,408 inhabitants in the province of Cosenza in Calabria. It is mainly known for being the birthplace of Saint Francis of Paola. Geography Paola borders along the coast to the north with the territory of Fuscaldo, to the south with San Lucido and inland with Montalto Uffugo and San Fili. It is from the provincial capital and from the international airport of Lamezia Terme. The town has an important railway station. Seismic classification: zone 2 (medium-high seismicity) History The origins of the name Paola The documentation on the origin of the name of the present-day town of Paola is rather scarce and appears at the end of the 11th century, when the ''tenimentum Paulae'' is mentioned within the possessions of the Norman notable Roberto Bohon of Fuscaldo. From the middle of the 16th century, numerous scholars have tried to trace the origin of the town's name. Among them, the first was the priest Gabriele Barrio who, on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Railway Station
Paola railway station () serves the town and ''comune'' of Paola, in the Calabria region, southern Italy. Opened in 1895, it forms part of the Battipaglia–Reggio di Calabria railway, and is also a terminus of a secondary line, the Paola–Cosenza railway. The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). Train services are operated by or on behalf of Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company. Location Paola railway station is situated in Viale Stazione, at the western edge of the city centre, near the waterfront. History The station was opened on 15 November 1894, together with the rest of the final section of the Battipaglia–Reggio di Calabria railway was completed, between Praja-Ajeta-Tortora and Gizzeria Lido (then known as ''Sant'Eufemia Marina''), via Scalea, Cetraro, Paola and Amantea. Management of the station and the line was initially entrusted to the '' Società pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola, Malta
Paola (, , both meaning "New Town") is a town in the Port Region, Malta, Port Region of Malta, with 8,706 inhabitants as of 2019. The town is a commercial centre in the Southern Harbour area of Malta, about from the capital Valletta, contiguous to Tarxien and Fgura, with which it forms a single urban area. Paola is named after Grand Master Antoine de Paule, who laid the foundation stone in 1626. Paola is renowned for the Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni, Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum, the Basilica of Christ the King, Paola, Basilica of Christ the King (the largest church in the Maltese Islands), Antoine de Paule Square and its shopping centres, the Good Friday procession, and its Association football, football club, Hibernians FC. The Mariam Al-Batool Mosque, the only mosque in Malta, as well as an Islamic Cultural Centre are found in Paola. The country's correctional facilities (Corradino prison) and the largest burial grounds, the Addolorata Cemetery, Paola, Addolorata Cemetery are also with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola, Kansas
Paola is a city in and the county seat of Miami County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 5,768. History Native Americans, then Spanish explorers such as Francisco Vásquez de Coronado in 1541, and French missionary explorers in 1673 lived and traveled throughout the area of what is now Paola. Despite these early European incursions at the start of the 19th century, the area was largely controlled by the Osage people. Settlement of the area primarily occurred, however, when Kaskaskia, Peoria, Wea, and Piankeshaw tribes were forced to move to the area between 1827 and 1832. These formed the Confederated Allied Tribe, which was led by Baptiste Peoria, who was of both French and Indian ethnicity. They called their settlement Peoria Village."Miami County 2009 Visitors Guide", pages 13-15 By the 1840s, Euro-American settlers were moving into the area, and several missionaries lived in and near "Peoria Village". One of those miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo (other)
Paolo is a masculine given name. It may also refer to: * List of storms named Paolo * Paolo (coin), a pontifical coin * Connor Paolo (born 1990), American actor * Gianni Paolo (born 1996), Italian-American actor, writer and director * , a passenger-cargo ship previously known as ''Paolo V'' See also * Di Paolo, a surname * DiPaolo, a surname * San Paolo (other) {{disambiguation, surname Italian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Payola (other)
Payola Payola, in the music industry, is the name given to the illegal practice of paying a commercial radio station to play a song without the station disclosing the payment. Under U.S. law, a radio station must disclose songs they were paid to pla ... is a legal term for a payment or fund. Payola may also refer to: * Payolas, a Canadian rock band * Payola (New Zealand band) * Payola (Northern Irish band) * ''Payola'' (The Cribs album), 2013 * ''Payola'' (Desaparecidos album), 2015 {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
