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unusual facts about pieve


Chiasso

It was a suburb of Como, until 1416 when it was incorporated in the Pieve of Balerna and given to the Rusca family to manage.


1st Alpini Regiment

In 1935 the "Pieve di Teco" battalion was sent to fight in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, where it distinguished itself during the battles of Amba Aradam, Amba Alagi, Worq Amba, Mai Ceu and Mekan Pass.

Agostino De Fondulis

For the last church he produced another Lamentation, which is now in the Pieve of Palazzo Pignano).

Alpine Brigade Cadore

The second battalion of the brigade, the Feltre Alpini Battalion in Feltre along with the Agordo Mountain Artillery Group in Bassano del Grappa was tasked to cover the many Dolomite mountain passes on the left flank of the Pieve di Cadore Alpini Battalion.

The Pieve di Cadore was supported by the Lanzo Mountain Artillery Group in Belluno.

Therefore the Pieve di Cadore Alpini Battalion was based in Tai di Cadore and tasked with holding the Kreuzbergpass and Cimabanche pass.

Canzo

This pieve or confederation of communes (comprehending the near villages of Caslino, Castelmarte, Proserpio, Eupilio, Longone, some frazioni of the current commune of Erba, and having Canzo as capital) from 784 to Martesana zone (the region straight north to Milan roughly corresponding to Brianza historical and cultural region).

Chiaravalle Abbey

In October 1134 Cistercian monks from Moiremont, near Dijon established themselves at Coronate, near Pieve di Abbiategrasso southwest of Milan, and founded a new abbey, whence the location was given, in 1871, the name of Morimondo.

Civitella in Val di Chiana

In the 13th century the city was destroyed after the battle of Pieve al Toppo, cited by Dante Alighieri and fought nearby between Arezzo and Siena.

Codiponte

The village has a 17th-century campanile (bell-tower) and medieval pieve (Pleban church) called "Pieve dei Santi Cornelio e Cipriano", which is dedicated to the Saints Cornelius and Cyprian.

Giulio Benso

There are also paintings of his in his hometown of Pieve di Teco as well as in the parish church of Sant'Ambrogio in Alassio.

Pietro Lorenzetti

The Arezzo Polyptych, also referred to as the Aretine Polyptych, is an altarpiece that was commissioned by the bishop Guido Tarlati, for the Santa Maria della Pieve, Arezzo.

Pieve di Bono

Pieve di Bono borders the following municipalities: Tione di Trento, Praso, Lardaro, Ledro, Bersone, Prezzo, Castel Condino and Cimego.

Pieve di Ledro

Pieve di Ledro, located about 35 km southwest of Trento, bordered with the following municipalities: Concei, Riva del Garda, Bezzecca and Molina di Ledro.

Pieve di Soligo

Andrea Zanzotto (Pieve di Soligo, 10 October 1921 - October 18, 2011), poet.

Pieve Ligure

The pieve of St. Michael Archangel, from which the town takes its name, has been rebuilt in Baroque style in the 18th century and houses works by Perin del Vaga e Luigi Morgari.


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