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2 unusual facts about Nocera


Innocenzo Ciocchi Del Monte

In 1559, on the way to a third conclave from Venice he murdered two men, father and son in Nocera who had "uttered ill words about him".

Peitor Angell

His first Billboard hit was with singer Nocera in 1987, on a song he wrote music and lyrics for called "Let's Go".


David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

Writing in Esquire, Tom Junod echoes Nocera's conclusion with his title, "Malcolm Gladwell Runs Out of Tricks".

Nocera de' Pagani

Nocera de' Pagani or Nuceria Paganorum is the name under which was known in the past, between the 16th century and 1806, a civitas that included a large portion of the Agro Nocerino-Sarnese, composed of 5 existing municipalities: Nocera Inferiore, Nocera Superiore, Pagani, Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino and Corbara.

Pedro Luis de Borja

In the spring of 1456 he was named Captain-General of the Church and castellan of Sant'Angelo, in the autumn of the same year Pope made him Governor of Terni, Narni, Todi, Rieti, Orvieto, Spoleto, Foligno, Nocera, Assisi, Amelia, Civita Castellana, and Nepi, and at the beginning of 1457 the governorships of the provinces of Patrimony and Tuscany were added to these.

Sigillo

Later it was part of the Lombard Duchy of Spoleto and of the gastaldate of Nocera, which, after the Frank conquest in the late 8th century, became the county of Nocera.

We All Loved Each Other So Much

Nicola, the most intellectual of the trio, leaves Nocera and his family and moves to Rome, too, to try win a fortune on the famous TV quiz Lascia o raddoppia.


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