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6 unusual facts about Viterbo


Annie Montgomerie Martin

She settled in Viterbo where, increasingly feeble and with failing eyesight, she lived her last days.

Capocci

A branch of Capocci has flourished in Viterbo, which came and Raniero Monaco Cistercian then created Cardinal by Pope Innocent III.

Carmine Schiavone

After living in the Witness Protection Program for some years, Schiavione retired to live in the province of Viterbo, with his wife and two children.

Enrique de Borja y Aragón

Enrique de Borja y Aragón (b. December 19, 1518, Gandía - d. September 16, 1540, Viterbo), was a Spanish noble of the House of Borgia.

Latino Latini

Latino Latini (Latinus Latinius) was born in Viterbo ca.

Viterbo, Texas

It was named after J. and L. Viterbo, who were Italian American rice farmers who left Lake Charles, Louisiana for Texas in 1895; the brothers wanted more inexpensive land prices.


Ennio Fantastichini

Born in Gallese, Viterbo, Fantastichini studied acting at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico.

Guy de Montfort, Count of Nola

In 1271, Guy and Simon discovered that their cousin Henry of Almain (son of Richard, Earl of Cornwall) was in Viterbo at the church of San Silvestro.

Josephology

Three centers for Josephology were formed in the 1950s, the first in Valladolid Spain, the second at Saint Joseph's Oratory in Montreal and the third in the theologate of Viterbo, Italy.

Karin Schubert

Karin Schubert was a longtime resident of Manziana, between Rome and Viterbo, where she lived with her numerous dogs she was very fond of.

Loved by Thousands, Hated by Millions

The quote "Loved by Thousands, Hated by Millions" first appears in the 1975 Paul Bartel's movie Death Race 2000 when a television reporter introduces Machine Gun Joe Viterbo.

Niccolò II d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara

After inheriting his lands from Aldobrandino III, he allied with Padua, Verona and Mantua against Bernabò Visconti and, after a meeting at Viterbo, he managed to obtain also the support of Pope Urban V (1367).

Orte railway station

Frequent regional trains link Orte with nearby destinations, including Rome, Florence, Fiumicino Airport, Foligno, Terontola, Terni, Perugia and Viterbo.

Papal election, 1277

The papal election from May 30, 1277 to November 25, 1277, convened in Viterbo after the death of Pope John XXI, was the smallest papal election since the expansion of suffrage to cardinal-priests and cardinal-deacons, with only seven cardinal electors (following the deaths of three popes who had not created cardinals).

Pastura

Antonio del Massaro, or Antonio da Viterbo, nicknamed il Pastura (ca. 1450–1516), an Italian painter.

Voltone Airfield

Voltone Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, located approximately 4 km west of Tarquinia (Provincia di Viterbo, Lazio), central Italy, about 70 km northwest of Rome.


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