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Term: Milano

Description

One of nation's richest cities; sacked by Attila the Hun 452 & Goths 539; battled for autonomy with nearby cities 11th-12th cen.; controlled by Sforza family 15th cen. & by Spain 1540-1706; won independence from Austria 1848; heavily bombed during WW II.

Objects

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Barth's feed-speed slide rule (in Italian)
circa 1904
decorative plate featuring planispheric astrolabe
circa 1955
decorative plate featuring planispheric astrolabe
circa 1960

People

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Alberto San Giovanni Vincentelli

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Piero Fornasetti

1913 - 1988
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Pasquale Cittelli

1777 - 1838
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Anthony A. Benis

born 1901
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Marco Beretta

born 1962

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