Farnese
Americannoun
noun
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Alesandro (alesˈsandro). original name of Pope Paul III See also Paul III
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Alessandro, duke of Parma and Piacenza. 1545–92, Italian general, statesman, and diplomat in the service of Philip II of Spain. As governor of the Netherlands (1578–92), he successfully suppressed revolts against Spanish rule
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They showed how bacteria had cleaned up some resin residues on Baroque masterpiece frescoes in the Carracci Gallery at Palazzo Farnese in Rome.
From New York Times • May 30, 2021
Senate vacancies are in the southeast, where Sen. Andy Dinniman, D-Chester, is retiring, and both Sen. Daylin Leach, D-Montgomery, and Sen. Larry Farnese, D-Philadelphia, lost primaries.
From Washington Times • Sep. 12, 2020
This fresco, depicting Perseus rescuing Andromeda from the Kraken, is on one of the walls at the Palazzo Farnese in Rome.
From Slate • May 28, 2020
This commissioned portrait depicts members of a sort of entertainment troupe employed by Cardinal Odoardo Farnese.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2019
This and all the later buildings in the "Orti," are marked with the Farnese fleur-de-lis, and on the principal staircase of the garden is some really grand distemper ornament of their time.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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