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Paolo Vitelli
The House of Vitelli, among other families so named, were a prominent noble family of Umbria, rulers of Città di Castello and lesser ''Rocca (architecture), rocche''. History In spite of ambitious genealogies, there is no demonstrable connection with the ancient Roman Vitellius (gens). The Vitelli had been rich merchants of Città di Castello, who made themselves masters of the town in the early fourteenth century, after civic confrontations with the Guelfs and Ghibellines, rival Guelf faction of the Brancaleone, and henceforward wielded political and military influence disproportionate to their small territory, as supporters of the Papacy. Members of the historic family *Chiappino Vitelli, Giovan Luigi "Chiappino" Vitelli (1519–1575), soldier. *Francesco Vitelli (1586–1646), Roman Catholic ecclesiastic. *Niccolò Vitelli (1414–1486), condottiero. *Vitellozzo Vitelli (c. 1458–1502), condottiero. *Paolo Vitelli (condottiero), lord of Montone. *Paolo II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Vitelli (condottiero)
Paolo Vitelli (1461 – 1 October 1499) was an Italian knight and condottiero as well as lord of Montone. He was born in Città di Castello, which had been captured by his father, Niccolò Vitelli. He was the brother of Vitellozo and Chiappino, both condottieri. He worked as a mercenary for the republic of Florence The Republic of Florence (; Old Italian: ), known officially as the Florentine Republic, was a medieval and early modern state that was centered on the Italian city of Florence in Tuscany, Italy. The republic originated in 1115, when the Flor ..., where he was later suspected of treachery and executed. This led his brother Vitellozzo to repeatedly assail Tuscan properties. References {{Italy-mil-bio-stub category:People from Città di Castello 15th-century condottieri category:1461 births category:1499 deaths category:Counts of Montone Vitelozzo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COA Vitelli Città Di Castello
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Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone
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Azimut Yachts
Azimut Yachts is an Italian yacht manufacturing company based in Viareggio, Italy. It was established in 1969 by Paolo Vitelli. On December 31, 2024, Paolo Vitelli died suddenly on the spot following a fall near his home in Ayas, Aosta Valley, in the frazione of Mascognaz. The Azimut Benetti group has been managed since 2023 by Vitelli's daughter, Giovanna, and produces motor boats from 9 to 110 metres under the Azimut and Benetti brands in six shipyards, in Avigliana in Piedmont, Savona in Liguria, Viareggio and Livorno in Tuscany, Fano in Marche and Itajai in Brazil. Overview The company began by chartering sailboats. It later developed into a luxury yacht building industry. The first major work started with a contract at the shipyard of Amerglass, a Dutch shipyard producing boats in fiberglass. The company evolved again, adding the distribution of sailing boats, motorcruisers and finally motoryachts from different makers, including British Powles, Westerly, and others. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Vitelli (businessman)
Paolo Vitelli (4 October 1947 – 31 December 2024) was an Italian businessman, the founder in 1969 of the motor yacht company Azimut. He was president of Azimut Benetti Group. From March 2013 to September 2015, he was a member of parliament in Italy’s Legislature XVII, after being elected to the Civic Choice List with Monti for Italy. Vitelli was also Honorary Consul of Norway from 1974 to 2018. Career Businessman Paolo Vitelli graduated in June 1970 with a degree in economics and business, after a four-year course of study. His business career began in March 1969 when he set up Azimut, a pleasure boats rental business, using money saved while working student jobs (50,000 old Italian lires) or after selling the nightclub ''Tempio Sei'' he had founded with his friends. The following year, after graduating, he took his company to the Genoa International Boat Show. Amerglass, then Europe’s most advanced shipyard, chose Azimut to import its models into Italy. Vitelli then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Vitelli
Antonio Joseph Vitelli (April 12, 1908 – February 7, 1967) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1944 and 1945. The , right-hander was a native of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. Biography Vitelli is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during World War II. He made his major league debut at age 36 on May 30, 1944 in a doubleheader against the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. The Pirates' game on May 21 was suspended due to the Sunday blue laws and completed on July 5. The game was suspended after 8 innings; Vitelli participated in the 9th inning played July 5. He appeared in the final inning of suspended game, but since statistical data is labeled with the original date of the game, some sources list his debut as May 21. Vitelli made four relief appearances for Pittsburgh in 1944 and finished all four games. In a total of seven innings pitched he gave up six runs, but only two of them were earned runs. His ERA w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campo Marzio
Campo Marzio () is the 4th of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials R. IV. It belongs to the Municipio I and covers a smaller section of the area of the ancient Campus Martius. The logo of this rione is a silver crescent on a blue background. History Until the domination of Napoleon, in 19th century, the ''rione'' was also known by the spelling ''Campo Marzo''. In the Middle Ages, after the main aqueducts of the city were ruined during the Gothic sieges in 6th century and following to the establishing of St. Peter's Basilica as a focal point for pilgrims, Campo Marzio became one of the most densely populated zones of Rome. The borough was crossed by the procession that used to accompany newly elected Popes from St. Peter's Basilica to their official residence, St. John in Lateran. Moreover, the area was also passed through by the ''Via Lata'', one of the main arteries linking Rome to the rest of Europe, resulting from the merger of Via Cassia and Via Flaminia. The urban pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2,746,984 residents in , Rome is the list of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, with a population of 4,223,885 residents, is the most populous metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy. Rome metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber Valley. Vatican City (the smallest country in the world and headquarters of the worldwide Catholic Church under the governance of the Holy See) is an independent country inside the city boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisa
Pisa ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Tuscany, Central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the city contains more than twenty other historic churches, several medieval palaces, and bridges across the Arno. Much of the city's architecture was financed from its history as one of the Italian maritime republics. The city is also home to the University of Pisa, which has a history going back to the 12th century, the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, founded by Napoleon in 1810, and its offshoot, the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies.Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa Information statistics History ...
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Cetona
Cetona is a town and ''comune'' in the southern part province of Siena, Tuscany, in an area where Umbria and Lazio meet. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). The geographical elevation is between and the of Monte Cetona itself, at the base of which the town is situated at around . History Some of the oldest human settlements of central Italy were discovered at the base of Monte Cetona, such as the early neo-Paleolithic ''Gosto cave'' (40–80th century BC) and ''Lattaia cave'' (9–10th century BC). The ''Belverde'' park hosts 25 prehistoric and Bronze Age caves, such as the ''San Francesco cave''. There are several sites of Etruscan finds. The town of Cetona developed on the hillside around the '' rocca'' fortress, containing a square tower (about 900 AD) and an inner fortress wall. It became known as the ''Scitonia'' castle. In the first mention of the ''comune'', at the end of the 11th century, Pope Gregory VII granted fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo II Vitelli
Paolo II Vitelli was an Italian condottiero and cavalryman. A member of the Vitelli family, he was born in Città di Castello and died in Parma Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmesan, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,986 inhabitants as of 2025, .... He was the son of Angela de' Rossi and her second husband Alessandro Vitelli. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Vitelli, Paolo II Counts of Montone Year of birth unknown[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitellozzo Vitelli
Vitellozzo Vitelli (c. 145831 December 1502) was an Italian condottiero. He was lord of Montone, Città di Castello, Monterchi and Anghiari. Biography Together with his father, Niccolò, who became lord of Città di Castello, and his brothers, who all at one time or other were condottieri (mercenary captains), this family instituted a new type of infantry armed with sword and pike to resist the German men-at-arms, and also a corps of mounted infantry armed with arquebuses. Vitellozzo served the Medici of Florence in their war against Pisa, and later with the French in Apulia in 1496 and with the Orsini faction against Pope Alexander VI. In 1500 Vitellozzo and the Orsini made peace with the pope, and the latter's son Cesare Borgia, being determined to crush the petty tyrants of Romagna and consolidate papal power in that province, took the condottieri into his service. Vitellozzo distinguished himself in many engagements, but in 1501 he advanced against Florence, moved as much b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
