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Della Porta

(Encyclopedia)Della Porta. For persons thus named use Porta.

Giovanni, Bertoldo di

(Encyclopedia)Giovanni, Bertoldo di: see Bertoldo di Giovanni. ...

Castiglione, Baldassare, Conte

(Encyclopedia)Castiglione, Baldassare, Conte bäldäs-säˈrā kōnˈtā kästēlyōˈnā [key], 1478–1529, Italian soldier, author, and statesman attached to the court of the duke of Milan and later in the servi...

Valle, Pietro della

(Encyclopedia)Valle, Pietro della pyĕˈtrō dĕlˈlä välˈlā [key], 1586–1652, Italian traveler in Asia. He sailed (1614) from Venice; spent a year in Constantinople, where he studied Turkish and Arabic; then...

Crusca, Accademia della

(Encyclopedia)Crusca, Accademia della: see Accademia della Crusca. ...

Gherardesca, Ugolino della

(Encyclopedia)Gherardesca, Ugolino della: see Ugolino della Gherardesca. ...

Della Quercia, Jacopo

(Encyclopedia)Della Quercia, Jacopo: see Quercia, Jacopo della. ...

Francesca, Piero della

(Encyclopedia)Francesca, Piero della: see Piero della Francesca. ...

Porta, Guglielmo della

(Encyclopedia)Porta, Guglielmo della dĕlˈlä pôrˈtä [key], d. 1577, Italian sculptor. His early works are in Genoa. In 1546 he went to Rome, where he was employed by Pope Paul III in restoring certain antique...

Montecucculi, Raimondo, conte di

(Encyclopedia)Montecucculi or Montecuccoli, Raimondo, conte di rīmōnˈdō kōnˈtā dē mōnˌtāko͞okˈko͞olē, –kōlē [key], 1609–80, Italian military commander in the service of the Holy Roman Empire. H...