Faenza (Italy)

Faenza (Italy)
Faenza (Italy)
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  • faenza ware — fäˈenzə , ntsə noun Usage: usually capitalized F Etymology: from Faenza, commune in northern Italy : pottery of majolica technique made at Faenza, Italy, in the 16th century …   Useful english dictionary

  • Faenza — • Diocese in the province of Ravenna (Central Italy), suffragan of Ravenna Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Faenza     Faenza     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Italy — • In ancient times Italy had several other names: it was called Saturnia, in honour of Saturn; Enotria, wine producing land; Ausonia, land of the Ausonians; Hesperia, land to the west (of Greece); Tyrrhenia, etc. The name Italy, which seems to… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • FAENZA — FAENZA, city in N. central Italy. In the 14th century the Jews of Faenza were moneylenders. As a result of the sermons of bernardino da feltre , the celebrated physician Lazzaro da Pavia was expelled from the city in c. 1480. The liturgical poet… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Faenza — Infobox CityIT img coa = Faenza Stemma.png official name = Comune di Faenza name=Faenza mapx =44.28 mapy=11.86 region = Emilia Romagna province = Ravenna (RA) elevation m = 34 area total km2 = 215.72 population as of = May 31, 2007 population… …   Wikipedia

  • Faenza — /fah en zeuh/; It. /fah en tsah/, n. a city in N Italy, SE of Bologna. 55,612. * * * ▪ Italy Latin  Faventia        city, Ravenna provincia, in the Emilia Romagna regione of northern Italy, on the Lamone River, southeast of Bologna. In the 2nd… …   Universalium

  • Faenza, Roberto — (1943 )    Director and screenwriter. Born in Milan, Faenza moved to Rome to study at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, where he graduated in directing in 1965. In 1968, while still completing a doctorate in political science, he made… …   Guide to cinema

  • Faenza, Roberto — (1943 )    Director and screenwriter. Born in Milan, Faenza moved to Rome to study at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, where he graduated in directing in 1965. In 1968, while still completing a doctorate in political science, he made… …   Historical dictionary of Italian cinema

  • Faenza majolica — Tin glazed earthenware produced in the Italian city of Faenza from the late 14th century. Early Faenza jugs were decorated in green and purple with Gothic lettering and heraldic lions; the first major majolica piece is a wall plaque dated 1475.… …   Universalium

  • Faenza — geographical name commune N Italy population 54,118 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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