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6 unusual facts about Albertis


Albertis

Albertis S. Harrison, Jr. (1907–1995), Governor of Virginia from 1962 to 1966

Albertis Castle, home of Captain Enrico Alberto d'Albertis, donated to the city of Genoa on his death in 1932

Luigi D'Albertis (1841–1901), flamboyant Italian naturalist and explorer

Luigi D'Albertis

Only Leiopython albertisii (the white-lipped python) is currently recognised as a valid species, the other three reptiles being synonymised within species described earlier, ironically two of which were described by British entomologist William Sharp Macleay whose rival expedition on the Chevert, was also collecting specimens in southern Papua.

Luigi Maria D'Albertis (November 21, 1841 – September 2, 1901) was a flamboyant Italian naturalist and explorer who, in 1876, became the first person to chart the Fly River in Papua New Guinea.

SS Ellengowan

He was accompanied by Luigi M D'Albertis, an Italian naturalist and the police magistrate in Somerset, Lieutenant Cherster.


Genova Piazza Principe railway station

Around the station are the termini of several bus lines of the Genoa public transport undertaking (Azienda Mobilità e Trasporti, AMT), the Ferrovia Principe-Granarolo cog railway and the Ascensore Castello d'Albertis-Montegalletto lift and has an hourly bus connection with the airport via the Christopher Columbus Volabus service.


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