CHIAVENNA

kyävānˈnä, town (1991 pop. 7,365), Lombardy, N Italy. It is a commercial center and transportation junction. Historically a strategic point, it commands both the Splügen and Maloja passes between Italy and Switzerland.

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books on: Chiavenna  - 104 results

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The Protestant Reformation in Sixteenth-Century Italy
Book by Salvatore Caponetto, Anne C. Tedeschi, John Tedeschi; Thomas Jefferson University Press, 1999
Subjects: Italy--Church History--16th Century, Reformation--Italy
...of Brescia, who had been residing at Chiavenna since 1563 and was arrested at Bergamo...a member of the evangelical church of Chiavenna, who had formed a friendship with exiles...Zobia, married to Caterina Bazardi of Chiavenna, resided in a house owned by the children...
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The Cambridge Modern History: Planned by the Late Lord Acton - Vol. 4
Book by A. W. Ward, G. W. Prothero, Stanley Leathes; University Press, 1902
Subjects: History, Modern
...Bishop all his rights in the Valtelline, Chiavenna, Bormio, and Poschiavo. The donation...Tirano and Bormio, was now diverted to Chiavenna and the Splugen. In 1512, when Lodovico...perpetuity the Valtelline, Bormio, and Chiavenna to the Bishops of Chur and the Grisons...
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The Gladstone Diaries - Vol. 1
Book by M. R. D. Foot; Clarendon Press, 1968
Subjects: Gladstone, W. E--(William Ewart)--1809-1898--Diaries, Great Britain--Politics And Government--1837-1901, Liberal Party (Great Britain)--History--Sources, Prime Ministers--Great Britain--Diaries
...sublime, nor save the prospect of the Chiavenna valley beautiful. All the way, it would...Lunga occupied above 33/4 hours.--Chiavenna. 3 Conradis. Prezzi fissi. 4 Everything...arms. 11 Monte Legnone, 15 miles south Chiavenna. 2 q. name? in margin. In fact the...
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European Theories of the Drama: An Anthology of Dramatic Theory and Criticism from Aristotle to the Present Day
Book by Barrett H. Clark; Stewart & Kidd, 1918
Subjects: Drama--History And Criticism
...out a good case he escaped and went to Chiavenna on the Swiss-Italian frontier. In...leave. He went to Geneva, and thence to Chiavenna, where he lectured. Not long after...outbreak of the plague he returned to Chiavenna, where he died in 1571. Castelvetros...
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The Fall of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy (1814)
Book by R. John Rath; Columbia University Press, 1941
Subjects: Italy--History--1789-1815
...from the inhabitants of the Valtelline, Chiavenna, and Bormio, in which they manifested...The inhabitants of the Valtelline, Chiavenna, and Bormio, however, absolutely refused...in which the fate of the Valtelline, Chiavenna, and Bormio was discussed, see Klueber...
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journal articles on: Chiavenna  - 3 results

 
 
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Ad Imaginem Suam: Regional Chant Variants and the Origins of the Jeu d'Adam
Journal article by Charles T. Downey; Comparative Drama, 2002
...probably abbey of Signy, France. Chiavenna, Tesoro della Collegiata di San Lorenzo...Antiphoner, eleventh century, church in Chiavenna, Italy. CANTUS Index: Shannon Carter...and lat. 1255 (from Bourges); the Chiavenna antiphoner; Tours, Bibliotheque municipale...
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Exodus and Easter Vigil in the Ashburnham Pentateuch
Journal article by Dorothy Hoogland Verkerk; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 77, 1995
Subjects: Art criticism, Art history, Christianity, Judaism
...includes the paschal candle is found on the baptismal font in Chiavenna; see F. Nordstrom, Medieval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical...O. A. Ariatta and M. Ariatta, Il fonte battesimale di Chiavenna, Sondrio, 1984. 33. It is important to distinguish carefully...
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The Italian Reformers and the Zurich Church, C. 1540-1620
Journal article by R. Emmet Mclaughlin; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 59, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Italian Reformers and the Zurich Church, c. 1540-1620 (Book)--Book reviews
...attacked Protestant churches and communities in the Valtellina, killing hundreds. Many survived only by fleeing the area. Chiavenna held out, but was occupied by the Spanish in 1621, and Protestant worship was suppressed. The Rhaetian Reformed churches...


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newspaper articles on: Chiavenna  - 3 results

 
 
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Cigarette Smoke 'Worse Than Diesel'
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), August 24, 2004
...increase the number of smoke-free public venues and workplaces." The experiment was carried out in a garage in the town of Chiavenna, northern Italy, which enjoys low levels of outdoor particulate matter (PM). PM is the most dangerous element of air...
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Alpine Thrills Don't End on the Slopes
Newspaper article by Richard Slusser; The Washington Times, February 19, 2000
...arrangements can be made to go by minivan. The route goes by Lake Lecco, the eastern leg of Lake Como, and turns east at Chiavenna for Switzerland. Have your passport handy for the border crossing. The road begins its snakelike twist up the Maloja Pass...
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I BLAME THE PARENTS; EXCLUSIVE: M MANSON ON MITCHELL Goth Rocker Breaks Silence to Deny Links to Jodi's Murder
Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), February 13, 2005
Subjects: Manson, Marilyn
...not even like the Goth rocker. Manson was also linked to the murder of 61-year-old nun Sister Maria-Laura Mainetti in Chiavenna, Italy, in June 2000. Police found her three female killers - known only as 16-year-old Milena, Ambra, 17, and Veronica...


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encyclopedia articles on: Chiavenna  - 3 results

 
 
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Chiavenna
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CHIAVENNA kyavan na, town (1991 pop. 7,365), Lombardy, N Italy. It is a commercial center and transportation junction. Historically...
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Valtellina
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and Tirano. The valley is a fertile agricultural region, known for its wine. With the adjoining counties of Bormio and Chiavenna , the Valtellina was seized (1512) from Milan by the Grisons , which subsequently ruled the district its richest and most...
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SplÜgen
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...g n, Ital. Spluga, pass, in the Rhaetian Alps, 6,946 ft (2,117 m) high, between Splugen, SE Switzerland, and Chiavenna, N Italy. Frequented since Roman times, it is crossed by the Splugen Road (built 1819 21), which passes above the Via...


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