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4 unusual facts about Francesco Bianchini


Belvedere auf dem Klausberg

Georg Christian Unger based his plans on a drawing by the Italian archeologist Francesco Bianchini from his 1738 volume Del Palazzo de' Cesari.

Francesco Bianchini

:For Giovanni Bianchini (1410-ca. 1469), see Giovanni Bianchini.

Bianchini was born of a noble family at Verona, the Son of Giuseppe Bianchini and his wife, Cornelia Vailetti.

Ustrinum

Architect and topographer Francesco Bianchini named it the "ustrinum of the Antonines" on the hypothesis that it was the site of the funeral pyre for members of that dynasty.


C/1702 H1

C/1702 H1 (also known as "the comet of 1702") is a comet discovered by Francesco Bianchini and Giacomo Filippo Maraldi (Rome, Italy) on April 20, 1702.


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