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5 unusual facts about Acqua


Angelo Dell'Acqua

In 1954, then Monsignor Dell'Acqua received a phone call from an ill Pope Pius XII, who was suffering from gastric problems, and quickly called for the latter's physician, Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi.

Eva Dell'Acqua

Dell'Acqua's song "Villanelle" for coloratura soprano has been widely performed and recorded, and has appeared on film soundtracks including Get Hep to Love (1942) and I Married an Angel (1942).

Juan Segura

In 1985 The Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid, granted a scholarship to attend art workshops Actual, after which travels back to Italy hired by Mario Valente gallery where he met the painter Enzo L'Acqua who became his new teacher and friend.

La pulce d'acqua

"Ballo in Fa Diesis Minore" is based on Ingmar Bergman The Seventh Seal in which a man defies the personification of Death (lyrics are taken from an inscription of a Danse Macabre depiction at Clusone, near Bergamo); the melody is inspired by "Schiarazula Marazula", a medieval northern Italian theme which accompanied exorcism rites and which was collected by Giorgio Mainerio in his Primo libro de' balli (1578).

"La lepre nella luna" ("The hare in the Moon") is inspired by a Buddhist legend of the Moon rabbit.


Acqua di Parma

It later became popular in the USA, where Hollywood stars, particularly those of British heritage such as Audrey Hepburn, David Niven, and Cary Grant, wore Acqua di Parma's sophisticated scent.

Balducci

Gabriele Balducci, Italian professional racing cyclist, for the Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo team

Bedretto

The hospice in All'Acqua was the starting point to two famous mountain crossings: the Nufenen Pass, which leads to Ulrichen in the Upper Valais, and the Passo di San Giacomo, which leads to the Italian Formazza valley.

Berardo Carboni

Together with Favaretto, he also worked in 2003 on the TV movie Buco Nell'Acqua, a docudrama with Sandra Milo, produced by Kublakhan for Mediatrade.

Cesare Berlingeri

In 2012 he collaborated with the musician KK Null (founder of the band Zeni Geva) who created a site specific music for Berlingeri’s installation “aria, acqua, terra, fuoco” presented for the first time at Centro culturale Altinate/San Gaetano, Padua, Italy.

Juan Segura

In 1997 during an exhibition of the painter Enzo L'Acqua in Merano, knows Rachewiltz of Mary, daughter of the poet Ezra Pound invites you to exhibit a selection of "Elephants" in the castle of Tyrol Brunnenburg, Italy, headquarters of the Foundation Tempo Reale, directed by Fabio Bocagni.

Leda Battisti

After enrolling the CET, a music school founded and directed by Mogol, and after several significant collaborations including Ottmar Liebert, in 1998 Battisti obtained her first success with the song "Come l'acqua al deserto".

Luigi Lai

In 1977 he collaborated with Angelo Branduardi playing the typical Sardinian instrument on the album la pulce d'acqua.

Ponte in Valtellina

Ponte in Valtellina borders the following municipalities: Castello dell'Acqua, Chiuro, Montagna in Valtellina, Piateda, Teglio, Tresivio, Valbondione.

Salvo Montalbano

The Shape of Water (La forma dell’acqua) is the first episode in the series and was published in 1994, translated into English in 2002 by Stephen Sartarelli.

Villa Farnese

1920s gardens with a catena d'acqua include the Harold Lloyd Estate in Beverly Hills and 'Las Tejas' in Montecito, California, with the latter also having a casino in direct homage to the original at Villa Farnese.

Zombi 3

Kenny (Deran Sarafian) and Roger (Ottaviano Dell'acqua) encounter Patricia as she arrives to try to break the news about Bo's demise, but the living dead starts swarming the hotel.


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