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Pinar del Rio, province, Cuba

(Encyclopedia)Pinar del Rio pēnärˈ dĕl rēˈō [key], province (1994 est. pop. 700,000), W Cuba, the westernmost province of Cuba. Pinar del Rio is the capital. The province, occupying a narrow area, has an irr...

Pinar del Rio, city, Cuba

(Encyclopedia)Pinar del Rio, city (1994 est. pop. 118,000), capital of Pinar del Rio prov., W Cuba. It is linked by rail and highway to Havana and is the center of a road network running through the province. The c...

Amati

(Encyclopedia)Amati ämäˈtē [key], Italian family of violinmakers of Cremona. The founder of the Cremona school was Andrea Amati (c.1520–c.1578), whose earliest violins date from c.1564. His labels bore the na...

Bartolommeo di Pagholo del Fattorino, Fra

(Encyclopedia)Bartolommeo di Pagholo del Fattorino, Fra frä bärtōlōmĕˈō dē päˈgōlō dĕl fätˌtōrēˈnō [key], 1475–1517, Italian painter, also called Baccio della Porta. Under the influence of Savo...

Río Grande del Norte National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Río Grande del Norte National Monument, 242,500 acres (98,140 hectares), N central N.Mex, on the Taos Plateau between the San Juan and Sangre de Cristo mts.; est. 2013. The monument consists of an 80...

Imperia

(Encyclopedia)Imperia ēmpĕˈrēä [key], city, capital of Imperia prov., Liguria, NW Italy, on the Ligurian ...

Giordano, Umberto

(Encyclopedia)Giordano, Umberto jōrdäˈnō [key], 1867–1948, Italian operatic composer. His most famous work is the richly melodic Andrea Chénier (1896). Fedora (1898) and Madame Sans-Gêne (1915) are also we...

Orcagna

(Encyclopedia)Orcagna ärkäˈnyōlō [key], c.1308–1368, Florentine painter, sculptor, and architect, whose original name was Andrea di Cione. He was one of the leading artists of his day. According to Vasari, w...

Contarini

(Encyclopedia)Contarini kōntärēˈnē [key], ancient Venetian family, including eight doges, a cardinal, and several artists. The most celebrated member was Andrea Contarini, 1300?–1382. He was doge (1368–82)...

Carolina

(Encyclopedia)Carolina kärōlēˈnä [key], city, Puerto Rico. Located 7 mi (11 km) SE of San Juan, it is a ...