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4 unusual facts about Orta


Giuseppe Rusnati

He also contributed to the Certosa di Pavia and sent many sculptures for the Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy, including to Monte Calvario; to the 9th, 10th, and 15th chapels of the Sacri Monti of Domodossola; to the 13th and 19th chapels of the Sacri Monti of Orta; and the statues of SS Domenico and Francisco in the high altar (1660–1662) for the Sacri Monti of Varese .

Ignazio Oliva

Ignazio Oliva (17th century) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active near his natal city of Orta.

La Reverdie

Festival Cusiano di Musica Antica (San Giulio d'Orta 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1994,1995, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2007)

Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli

Last of this serie is the Porziuncola chapel (1616–20) in Sacro Monte of Orta.


Batumi Mosque

The mosque is popularly known as the "Jamia in the middle" (, ორთა ჯამე”, orta jame) for it once stood in between two other mosques which have not survived.

Frank–Caro process

The first full-scale factories were established in 1905 in Piano d´Orta (Italy) and Westeregeln (Germany).

God Fixation

As a result, most of the music was written by Orta, Brandow, and Chapin, along with musician Brian Wooten and producer John Elefante.

Haydar Ergülen

Born in 1956 in Eskişehir, Türkeli, he graduated from the Sociology Department at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi (Middle East Technical University) in Ankara.

Khereid

The "capital" of the Khereid Khanate was a place called Orta Balagasun, which was probably located in an old Uighur or Khitan fortress.

Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence

The Mecklenburg Declaration is referenced in the motto for Davidson College, located in Davidson in Mecklenburg and Iredell counties: Alenda Lux Ubi Orta Libertas ("Let Knowledge Be Cherished Where Liberty Has Arisen").

Orta Nova

With the abolition of feudalism in 1808, Orta became an independent town with Ordona and Carapelle, and, after Italy's unification, in 1863 it received the name of Nova, to distinguish it from two similar-named Italian towns (Orta San Giulio and Orta di Atella).


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