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60 unusual facts about Livorno


1822 in literature

July 8 - English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, returning from Livorno (where he set up The Liberal magazine with Leigh Hunt) to Lerici, is drowned when his boat sinks in a storm in the Ligurian Sea.

810 Naval Air Squadron

They then saw action in November at the Battle of Cape Spartivento, and the following year in February carried out bombing attacks on Tirso Dam, Sardinia and bombing attacks on Livorno and La Spezia in Italy.

Andrew Burnaby

After his return to Europe, he became Chaplain to the British mission at Leghorn in 1762.

Antisemitism in 21st-century Italy

July 28, 2006 – Livorno – Graffiti “Israel is an evil state” was written on the walls of Jewish-owned businesses.

Coppa Ciano

These included the Montenero Circuit at Livorno, which became home for the annual Coppa Montenero from its inauguration in 1921.

David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra

Divrei David ("Words of David") — containing decisions and chiddushim (original Torah thoughts) on Maimonides' Mishneh Torah, published by Joseph Zamiro, together with his own work, Hon Yosef, Livorno, 1828.

Elio Toaff

Elio Toaff (born 30 April 1915 in Livorno) is the former Chief Rabbi of Rome, serving from 1951 to 2002.

Elizabeth Ann Seton

He had visited important counting houses in Europe in 1788 and was a friend of Filippo Filicchi, a renowned merchant in Leghorn, Italy, with whom his firm was a major trading partner.

Elizabeth Wynne Fremantle

Elizabeth married Fremantle in 1797, after he had rescued her and her family from Leghorn (Livorno) during the 1796 French invasion of Italy and taken them to safety in Corsica.

Ernesto Padova

Ernesto Padova (17 February 1845 – 9 March 1896) was an Italian mathematician born in Livorno.

Farinata

Elsewhere in Italy (traditionally in Tuscany, where it is called cecina (from the Italian word for chickpea, ceci), it is served stuffed into small focaccia (mainly in Pisa) or between two slices of bread, as it is traditional in Livorno.

On the Tuscan coast, south of Liguria, especially in the province of Pisa, Livorno, Lucca, Massa Carrara cecina or, in Livorno, Torta (di ceci) (Chickpea pie) is baked (with no rosemary used for toppings).

Francis Levett

Francis Levett was an English trader, who worked as factor at Livorno, Italy, for the Levant Company until he lit out for East Florida in 1769 where his brother-in-law Patrick Tonyn of the British Army had been appointed Governor of the English colony.

Frankenthal Porcelain Factory

--(1775 berühmter Farbenprobeteller in London).--> By 1776 the Frankenthal porcelain factory had shops in Aachen, Basle, Frankfurt am Main, Livorno, Mainz, Munich and Nancy.

Gianluigi Zuddas

Zuddas was born at Carpi, near Modena, but moved to Livorno with his family when he was very young and many biographies list the latter as his birthplace.

Giovanni de Ciotta

The family de Ciotta originated from Livorno where Giovanni served the Austrian army in quality of engineer.

Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia

On 10 October 1902 they were married in an Orthodox church in Livorno, Italy.

Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom

Though it is unknown at what age he started on his travels, Vroom was born into a family of artists and began his career as a pottery (faience) painter and when his mother remarried, was no older than 19 when he rebelled against his stepfather who insisted he stick to pottery painting, by boarding a ship for Spain (Sevilla) and from thence via Livorno and Florence to Rome.

Iso Grifo

After leaving Ferrari, in 1961 Giotto Bizzarrini set up “Prototipi Bizzarrini” in Livorno, Tuscany where he designed and consulted for marques like ATS, Lamborghini and Iso Rivolta.

Italian invasion of France

French naval aircraft also attacked Livorno in mainland Italy during some of the last actions of the French against the Italians.

Jacob Philipp Hackert

He bought an estate in San Pietro di Careggi, near Florence, and he died there in 1807 and was buried in the so-called "Dutch garden" of Livorno.

James Newbery

Newbery was the fourth son of William Boxer Newbery, born near Livorno (Leghorn), Tuscany, Italy.

Jean de Thévenot

In January 1659 he sailed from Alexandria in an English ship, visiting Goletta and Tunis (Tunisia) on the way, and, after a sharp engagement with Spanish corsairs, one of which fell a prize to the English merchantman, reached Leghorn (Italy) on 12 April.

John Pollexfen Bastard

In 1815 he was conveyed by the Royal Navy to Leghorn (Livorno) for his health where he died the next year and was initially buried in the Old English Cemetery in Livorno, where his monument still stands.

Joseph Castello

Joseph Castello (or Joseph Castilho) (b. ca. 1746, Leghorn, Italy) was an Italian Jewish physician, son of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Castello.

Kurt Leimer

During the latter stages of World War II, Leimer was drafted into the Wehrmacht and was imprisoned in Livorno.

Lant Carpenter

He was drowned on 5 or 6 April 1840, having been washed overboard from the steamer in which he was travelling from Livorno to Marseille.

Leghorn

Livorno, an Italian port city, traditionally known in English as Leghorn

Leonaert Bramer

In 1614, at the age of 18, he left on a long trip eventually reaching Rome in 1616, via Atrecht, Amiens, Paris, Aix (February 1616), Marseille, Genoa, and Livorno.

Léopold Zborowski

Léopold Zborowski was Amedeo Modigliani's primary art dealer and friend during the artist's final years, organizing his expositions and letting the Leghorn artist use his house as an atelier.

Luka Modrić

With the appointment of new manager Slaven Bilić, Modrić earned greater recognition at international level, scoring his first goal in Croatia's 2–0 friendly win over Italy on 16 August 2006 in Livorno.

Maccabi Haifa F.C.

In the Groups stage, Haifa faced strong opponents: The Scottish Rangers F.C., the Serbian Partizan Belgrade, the French Auxerre and the Italian Serie A team Livorno.

Marcellino da Civezza

Marcellino da Civezza (Marcellinus of Civezza; secular name Pitro Ranise) (born at Civezza in Liguria, Italy, 29 May 1822; d. at Livorno, 27 March 1906) was an Italian Franciscan author.

Maria Gisborne

They moved to Livorno in about 1815, where John Gisborne tried, without success, to establish a business: on its failure he settled down as a quiet student.

Mathieu de Lesseps

He served as inspector general in Livorno and as imperial commissioner, under General François-Xavier Donzelot, in Corfu from May 1810 until June 1814, during the Napoleonic Wars, as the British blockaded Corfu in the midst of the Adriatic campaign of 1807–1814.

Michael F. Urbanski

Born in Livorno, Italy, where his father was stationed in the U.S. Army, Urbanski earned a bachelor's degree in 1978 from the College of William and Mary and a law degree in 1981 from the University of Virginia School of Law.

Milan Rapaić

Croatia went on to beat the world champions Italy 2-0 in Livorno, with Rapaić playing a large role.

Mladen Petrić

In early August 2006, he was called up by the Croatian national team's new coach Slaven Bilić to be part of the team in their friendly match against Italy on 16 August 2006 in Livorno and appeared in the match as a second-half substitute.

Moritz Fuerst

Prior to immigrating, he was enlisted by the American consul at Livorno, Italy, in 1807, and came to the United States to work as an engraver.

Moses Cordovero

Moses Cordovero was a physician who lived at Leghorn (Livorno), Tuscany in the seventeenth century.

MS Moby Otta

Later reports indicate she will replace her sister MS Moby Drea on the LivornoOlbia route, and the Moby Drea will be transferred to the Genoa–Porto Torres route instead.

Newcome Cappe

His eldest son, Joseph Cappe, M.D., died in February 1791; his youngest son, Robert Cappe, M.D., died on 16 November 1802 while on a voyage to Livorno, Tuscany.

Nusach

The nearest approach to a standard text is found in the siddurim printed in Livorno from the 1840s until the early 20th century.

Orazio Pierozzi

He began his military career on 8 November 1908, when he entered the Italian Naval Academy at Livorno.

Orlov

The same year, on Catherine's request, he went to Livorno to seduce and bring to Russia the so-called Princess Tarakanova, who proclaimed herself daughter of Empress Elizabeth.

Palestro-class torpedo boat

These four ships were laid down in 1917 at the Orlando shipyard in Livorno, but were not finally completed until 1921-1923.

Philip Vanbrugh

Philip Vanbrugh married Mary Griffith in Arnold, Nottinghamshire on 24 July 1715 and they had one known child, Philippia, born 1716, la belle consulesse, who married Burrington Goldsworthy of Down House, Dorset, British consul at Leghorn, Italy and later at Cadiz.

Piero Ceccarini

Piero Ceccarini (born October 20, 1953 in Livorno) is a retired Italian football referee.

Pisa–Livorno–Rome railway

The southernmost section of the line between Rome and Civitavecchia was opened on 24 April 1859 by the Società Pio Central (Italian for Central Pius Company).

Richard William Church

His mother, meanwhile, was remarried to Thomas Crokat, a widowed Englishman of Leghorn.

Scarlino Scalo

Scarlino Scalo is about 39 km from Grosseto and 6 km from Scarlino, and it is situated in a plain at the bottom of the hill of Scarlino, near to the Aurelia Statal Road and along the Tirrenica railway line, which links Livorno and Pisa with Grosseto and Rome.

SIMPYC

This project has been carried out in three European cities with industrial and commercial ports: Valencia, Spain (Spain), Toulon (France) and Livorno (Italy).

St Clement, Cornwall

There are two notable monuments: to Samuel Thomas (d. 1796), the work of John Bacon, 1799, has two allegorical figures; the other is to Rear-Admiral Robert Carthew Reynolds, from the studio of Micali, Livorno, and shows a young soldier and two women, the soldier points to a monument with a naval battle, above is the portrait medallion.

Targeting tower

Specific tests have been led on a tower-test platform in Livorno (Italy).

The Cenci

The work was published by Charles and James Ollier, in London in 1819 (see 1819), the Livorno edition, printed in Livorno, Italy by Shelley himself in a run of 250 copies.

Vedran Ćorluka

He started to play for the Croatian under-21 team and eventually progressed to his country's senior national team, for which he soon made his debut in the friendly match against world champions Italy on 16 August 2006 in Livorno, Italy.

Vic Bartolome

He then played professional basketball in Livorno, Italy and on various teams in The Netherlands until retiring in 1979, after winning the Dutch National Championship with ZZ Leiden, The Netherlands.

Viktor Sidyak

In 1994, Maffei's 1972 team-mate Mario Aldo Montano invited Sidyak to coach the young fencers, including his own son, at his club in Livorno.

Walter Montgomerie Neilson

Walter married Janet Ellen Henderson in 1867, in Livorno, Italy, Janet came from a Scottish family long associated with trading from the Tuscany region.

William Kent

A group of Yorkshire gentlemen sent Kent for a period of study in Rome, he set sail on 22 July 1709 from Deal, Kent, arriving at Livorno on 15 October.


Alfredo Müller

As a painter from Livorno, he belonged to the group of the Postmacchiaioli, together with Mario Puccini, Oscar Ghiglia, Plinio Nomellini, Ulvi Liegi, Giovanni Bartolena, and others, and as a French engraver, he was close to Francis Jourdain, Manuel Robbe, Richard Ranft, Eugène Delâtre, Théophile Steinlen.

Ana María de Huarte y Muñiz

Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany allowed the Imperial family to stay in Livorno, where they rented a small country house.

Angelo Froglia

Angelo Froglia, painter and sculptor from Livorno, attended artistic high school and then enrolled at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence.

Capitani Romani-class cruiser

Caio Mario, named after Gaius Marius, built by OTO Livorno, launched 17 August 1941; captured in La Spezia by the Germans, with only the hull completed.

Francesco Mimbelli

Francesco Mimbelli (16 April 1903 Livorno – 26 January 1978 in Rome) was an Italian Naval officer who fought in World War II.

Garibaldi Monument in Taganrog

Merchants and seafarers from Liverpool, Bristol, Lisbon, Marseille, Genoa, Livorno and other seaports worldwide knew the name of the city of Taganrog.

Guido Mannari

Born in Rosignano Marittimo, Livorno, Mannari before starting his acting career was a soccer player in the team his city.

Iori

Manuel Iori (born 1983), Italian footballer who plays for Serie B side Livorno

Italian Jews

# In 1593, Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, granted Portuguese Jews charters to live and trade in Pisa and Livorno (see Jewish community of Livorno).

Italian Naval Academy

The Italian Naval Academy (Italian: Accademia Navale) is a coeducational military university in Leghorn (Livorno), which is responsible for the technical training of military officers of the Italian Navy.

Luca Banchi

He was promoted to head coach of the Basket Livorno in Serie A2 .

Maremma Regional Park

The Maremma Regional Park (Parco Regionale della Maremma), also known as Uccellina Park (Parco dell’Uccellina) covers a coastal area between Principina a Mare and Talamone near Grosseto, Magliano in Toscana and Orbetello, right up to the Livorno-Roma train line.

Marietta Marcolini

She subsequently sang in Naples, Livorno, Pisa, Rome and Milan, singing in the premieres of Pietro Carlo Guglielmi's La serva bizzarra (Naples 1803), Giacomo Tritto's Andromaca e Pirro (Rome 1807), Giuseppe Nicolini's Traiano in Dacia (Rome 1807), Carlo Bigatti's L'amante prigioniero (Milan 1809) and Ercole Paganini's Le rivale generose (Milan 1809).

Mumoli's sign

The image was named after Nicola Mumoli of the Department of Internal Medicine, Livorno Hospital, Livorno, Italy.

Natale Betti

He was a pupil of a G. Baldini at Livorno, then in Rome with Tommaso Minardi, and finally at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence with Giuseppe Bezzuoli and Benedetto Servolini.

Paulo Sérgio Betanin

Paulo Sérgio Betanin (born 10 January 1986), more commonly known as Paulinho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Livorno.

Piombino Airfield

Piombino Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy, which is located approximately 3 km north of Piombino (Provincia di Livorno,Tuscany); about 200 km northwest of Rome.

Roberto Colautti

In the second half, deep into injury time, in the 93rd minute, he dispatched Gustavo Boccoli's cross with a close-range header to deny Livorno a win, ending the match with a result of 1–1.

Salvino Salvini

He was born in Livorno, and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence under Luigi Bartolini, then moved to Rome where he continued studies at the Accademia Fiorentina in that city, studying under Pietro Tenerani.

Temple of the Dutch German Congregation

A few years later, the economic crisis linked to the abolition of Livorno’s porto franco status brought about the decline of the congregation which, nevertheless, in 1903 equipped the church with a handsome organ by the Agati-Tronci company, said to be the finest in Tuscany.