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    Vito Cascio Ferro or Vito Cascioferro (Italian pronunciation: [ˈviːto ˈkaʃʃo ˈfɛrro]; 22 January 1862 – 20 September 1943), also known as Don Vito, was...
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    (1885). "La copertura della Galleria Vittorio Emanuele di Milano". L'architettura del ferro: raccolta di motivi per costruzioni civili, ferroviarie ed artistiche...
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    Rome, Italy. It stands a block away from the Palazzo Spada on Via Capo di Ferro, while a few blocks away on the Via dei Pettinari stands the Ponte Sisto...
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  • Boss amico di Riina suicida in cella, La Repubblica, July 19, 2005 (in Italian) Mafia, maxi blitz in Sicilia: "Volevano rifondare la Cupola", La Repubblica...
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    who once owned the nearby Palazzo Spada in the contiguous Piazza Capo di Ferro. In 1507, Pope Julius II allowed for the church to represent Viterbo, and...
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  • Commission (Italian: Commissione provinciale), known as Commissione or Cupola, is a body of leading Sicilian Mafia members who decide on important questions...
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    Langobardia minor was unified for the last time by Duke Pandolfo Testa di Ferro, who expanded his extensive control in the Mezzogiorno from his base in...
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    Portugal. Comune of Palermo, tourism entry. Guida istruttiva per Palermo e suoi dintorni by Gaspare Palermo and Girolamo Di Marzo Ferro (1858); page 480-484....
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    priests who were responsible for the upkeep of the lighthouse placed on its cupola a fish and a golden cross to serve as symbols of Christianity. In 1449 one...
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    basilica plan with three naves. Nevertheless, his most significant work is the cupola of Florence's Duomo, a project initiated by Giotto's successors and which...
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