Fashion in the period 1650–1700 in Western European clothing is characterized by rapid change. The style of this era is known as Baroque. Following the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Restoration of England's Charles II, military influences in men's clothing were replaced by a brief period of decorative exuberance which then sobered into the coat, waistcoat and breeches …

Publius Vergilius Maro (Classical Latin: [ˈpuːbliʊs wɛrˈɡɪliʊs ˈmaroː]; traditional dates 15 October 70 – 21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil (/ ˈ v ɜːr dʒ ɪ l / VUR-jil) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period.He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid.

Ippolita Gonzaga (13 November 1503 in Mantua – 16 March 1570 in Mantua) was an Italian noblewoman and nun. She is not to be confused with her niece Ippolita Gonzaga (1535–1563) the daughter of Ferrante Gonzaga, who married in 1549 Fabrizio Colonna, hereditary prince of Paliano, and in 1554 Antonio Carafa, duke of Mondragone.. Biography. Gonzaga was the …

Lombardy ( Italian: Lombardia, Lombard: Lombardia or Lumbardia) is an administrative region of Italy that covers 23,844 km 2 (9,206 sq mi); it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Over a fifth of the Italian gross domestic product (GDP) is produced in the region.

Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi.The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo.Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had control over northern Italian theatres at the time, the opera had a triumphant premiere at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851.

La silvicultura (del latín silva, selva, bosque, y cultura, cultivo) [1] es la disciplina que trata sobre la gestión de los bosques o montes forestales [2] y también, por extensión, la ciencia que trata de este cultivo; es decir, de las técnicas que se aplican a las masas forestales para obtener de ellas una producción continua y sostenible de bienes y servicios demandados por la sociedad.

Campanile di Sant'Andrea nel 1874. La basilica concattedrale di Sant'Andrea è la più grande chiesa di Mantova.Opera di Leon Battista Alberti nello sviluppo dell'architettura rinascimentale, venne completata molti anni dopo la morte dell'architetto, con modi non sempre conformi ai progetti originali.Ha la dignità di basilica minore. Nella cripta si conservano due reliquiari con …

Claudio Monteverdi, cuyo nombre completo era Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (Cremona, bautizado el 15 de mayo de 1567 - Venecia, 29 de noviembre de 1643), fue un compositor, violagambista, cantante, director de coro y sacerdote italiano. Compuso tanto música secular como sacra y marcó la transición entre la tradición polifónica y madrigalista del siglo …

Richilde of Provence (c. 845 – 2 June 910, Kingdom of Lower Burgundy) was the second wife of the Frankish emperor Charles the Bald. By her marriage, she became queen and later empress. She ruled as regent in 877. Life. Richilde was the daughter of Bivin of Gorze, Count of the Ardennes, and the sister of Boso of Provence (of the Bosonid dynasty). Her aunt was …

Der Mantuanische Erbfolgekrieg (1628–1631) war ein Krieg um die Nachfolge im Herzogtum Mantua, der durch das Aussterben der Hauptlinie des Fürstengeschlechtes Gonzaga im Jahre 1627 ausgelöst wurde. Die heftige Auseinandersetzung zwischen Frankreich und Habsburg um die Vorherrschaft in Norditalien war ein wichtiger Nebenschauplatz des Dreißigjährigen Krieges

Mantua (italienisch Mantova, lateinisch Mantua, mantovanischer Dialekt Màntua) ist eine Stadt mit 49.440 Einwohnern (Stand 31. Dezember 2019) in der Lombardei in Italien.. Mantua ist Hauptstadt der Provinz Mantua, sie wird zusammen mit Sabbioneta in der Liste der Welterbestätten geführt. Hauptsehenswürdigkeiten der Stadt sind der romanische Dom, die …

The French Revolution (French: Révolution française [ʁevɔlysjɔ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799.Many of its ideas are considered fundamental principles of liberal democracy, while phrases like liberté, égalité, fraternité ...

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Biological pest control is a method of controlling pests such as insects and mites by using other organisms. It relies on predation, parasitism, herbivory, parasitody or other natural mechanisms, but typically also involves an active human management role. Classical biological control involves the introduction of natural enemies of the pest that are bred in the laboratory and released into …