Sentences with phrase «italian nobility»

After all, he lived more than four centuries ago, and the homes he built were tailored for wealthy Italian nobility.

First mentioned in records in 807AD when controlled by Italian nobility, Locarno had previously been a Roman settlement, although this area of Lake Maggiore bears evidence of inhabitation since prehistoric times.

Throughout the centuries it has been tradition for Italian nobility to be patrons to great artists.

Equally, Italian nobility and botanists have been inspired to create and develop gardens at villas on or around lakes Como, Lugano and Maggiore.

It was used for centuries on Spanish and French sailing ships to keep sailor's spirits up on long voyages, and later became a favorite among Italian nobility.

Later, Italian nobility became obsessed with these small dogs, and they would become highly favored by the French in the 1500s.

They became the favourites of Italian nobility and had a talent for retrieving.

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For this pope, the natural sciences — the Italian Volta, the Swede Linnaeus, the Englishman Faraday — «reached as high a degree of nobility and brilliance as we ever see in man».

Italian sailors discovered the dogs, which became a favorite of the nobility.

This miniature Italian Greyhound was developed by the Romans and highly favored by the nobility of that period.

The breed came to England in the 17th century, quickly becoming as popular with nobility there as they had been in their Italian homeland.

In the 1600s the Italian Greyhound arrived in England, where, as in Italy, it found many fans among the nobility.

It's as if these details were borrowed from Late Italian Renaissance portraits of Spanish nobility.