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Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da
(Encyclopedia) Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi daPalestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi dajōvänˈnē pyārl&oomacr;ēˈjē päˌlāstrēˈnä [key], c.1525–1594, Italian composer whose family name was Pierluigi; b.…Coventry, city, England
(Encyclopedia) Coventry Coventry kŏvˈəntrē, kŭvˈ– [key], city and metropolitan borough…Uccello, Paolo
(Encyclopedia) Uccello, PaoloUccello, Paolopäˈōlō &oomacr;t-chĕlˈlō [key], c.1396–1475, Florentine painter. Uccello was little appreciated in his own time, and much of his work has been destroyed…Tibaldi, Pellegrino
(Encyclopedia) Tibaldi, PellegrinoTibaldi, Pellegrinopāl-lāgrēˈnō tēbälˈdē [key], 1527–96, Italian baroque painter and architect, whose real name was Pellegrino di Tibaldo de' Pellegrini. He studied…1100–1199 <span class="small" >(A.D.)</span> World History
Chartres CathedralTasha Vincent1100–1300Construction of Cathedral at Chartres, France.1144Second Crusade begins.c. 1150Angkor Wat is completed.1150–1167Universities of Paris and Oxford…Amy Lowell: The Bombardment
The BombardmentSlowly, without force, the rain drops into the city. It stops a moment on the carved head of Saint John, then slides on again, slipping and trickling over his stone cloak. It…Mata-Utu
(Encyclopedia) Mata-Utu, town (2003 pop. 1,191), capital of the French overseas territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands. Located on the E coast of Uvea island, it is a port and the chief city of…Iglesias
(Encyclopedia) Iglesias Iglesias ēglāˈzyäs [key], town, SW Sardinia, Italy. The zinc and lead mines of the region…Cheboksary
(Encyclopedia) CheboksaryCheboksarychĕbəksäˈrē [key], city (1989 pop. 420,000), capital of Chuvash Republic, NW European Russia, a port on the Volga River. Both a heavy industrial and an agricultural…Bangor, town, Wales
(Encyclopedia) Bangor Bangor băngˈgôr [key], town (2020 pop. 18,560), Gwynedd, NW Wales, at the northern end of…Trending
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