Resultats cercant per
categoria Catalan way
12-08-2015 (5355 lectures)
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Contrà riament al que diu el seu seu nom, Espanya no va ser la descobridora ni la primera en emprar el camà dels espanyols, tots els trams de la ruta eren perfectament coneguts. Tal com ja ho havia fet Annibal amb els seus elefants 1500 anys abans, els comerciants feien servir regularment les parts del camà que uneix França i Ità lia a través dels Alps, per al comerç de mercaderies entre ambdós...
12-08-2015 (4660 lectures)
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Publicado por Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche, Bergamo, 1931
in-folio, pp. XXIII, 288, 4, 3 tavole a colori f.t. e 450 documenti in fac-simile a riprodurre carteggi diplomatici, documenti di archivio e autografi. Solida legatura editoriale in tela rustica, titolo e stemma di Genova in granata al piatto ant., titolo al dorso, sguardie decorate con mappe a colori. Eccezionale studio bio-bibliografico su Cristoforo Colombo, diviso in tre parti; la prima riporta le testimonianze degli...
31-12-2014 (6390 lectures)
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The Catalan road, also known as the Sardinian Corridor, was a route followed by the Spanish thirds in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, (in fact until 1714), from the Mediterranean to the Netherlands. It started in Barcelona or Naples to Genoa and from there, crossing the Duchy of Savoy, the country of Gex (Valserine), Franche-Comté and Lorraine allowing thirds - or other passengers - to reach their destination in about forty days.[1][2] At specific points, it can still be visited today...
17-12-2013 (6854 lectures)
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In 1097 some Bari sailors, on their return from the East, brought with them the relics of St. Nicholas, Bishop of Mira, for which Roger, Duke of Apulia, built a splendid church; this became the object of great veneration and of innumerable pilgrimages. About this time Urban II, being in Apulia, went to Bari to venerate the relics of the holy wonder-worker and to consecrate the...
17-12-2013 (6404 lectures)
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In 1097 some Bari sailors, on their return from the East, brought with them the relics of St. Nicholas, Bishop of Mira, for which Roger, Duke of Apulia, built a splendid church; this became the object of great veneration and of innumerable pilgrimages. About this time Urban II, being in Apulia, went to Bari to venerate the relics of the holy wonder-worker and to consecrate the...
17-12-2013 (6293 lectures)
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The story of how St. Nicholas became the red-suited chimney hopper we know as Santa is fascinating in its own right. But the final chapter of the holy man's own story is equally intriguing—and controversial.
Though his remains are venerated worldwide, nobody knows for certain where he rests in peace—or more accurately, in pieces. In the early and medieval Christian tradition, the mortal remains of popular saints were scattered among various churches in various places to be displayed as...