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unusual facts about South Italy


Jeremiah Stamler

He is professor emeritus of preventive medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. After retirement, he continued his research with his wife Rose until her death in 1998; he now divides his time between Manhattan, Pioppi (South Italy), Long Island, and Chicago.


Cosimo Damiano Lanza

Born in Leporano, South Italy, his artistic training was developed under the leadership of distinguished teachers, for the piano Michele Marvulli and Jorg Demus, for harpsichord Christopher Steinbridge and Pierre Hantai.


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Monte Milone

Montemilone a town (municipality), in the Basilicata region of south Italy

Painter of Nicosia Olpe

Twelve of the forty-five vases where found in different parts of Italy such as Etruria, Capua, Nola, Taranto and South Italy as well.

Pyotr Chikhachyov

Chikhachyov's independent scientific activity began in 1841, when he published geological descriptions of Monte Gargano in South Italy and the environs of city of Nice.

Shi Yan Fan

Born in Brindisi, South Italy, Franco Testini began his study of martial arts at the age of 7.

Solanum aethiopicum

The only place where S. aethiopicum is grown to a significant extent in Europe lies in South Italy, to be precise in Rotonda in the Basilicata, where this plant is of some commercial importance.