Cell 39 on the second floor of the San Marco convent was reserved for Cosimo de Medici. The fresco on the wall is the Adoration of the Magi by Benozzo Gozzoli.
Tomb of King Edward II of England (d1327) in Gloucester Cathedral. It was commissioned by Edward III in 1336 and built in the early part of the 1340s.
This tomb of Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (d1824) is situated in San Croce Florence
Count Vittorio Alfier (d1803) was an Italian poet and dramatist who wrote some 19 tragedies between 1775-1787.
Ferdinandea is a genus of hoverflies in the family Syrphidae.
Villa is a genus of flies in the family Bombyliidae.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Oedipoda
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Xylota
Species: M. equestris
The central aisle of the south wall, of Monreale Cathedral, contains a sequence of mosaics (c1218) that tell the story of Noah and the Flood.
Built in the reign of King William II of Sicily, between 1153-1189, the cathedral of Monreale is one of the last great architectural works of the Norman kings of Sicily.
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