Tolfa is a town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Rome, in the Lazio region of central Italy; it lies to the ENE of Civitavecchia by road. It is...
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The Monti della Tolfa (or Tolfa Mountains) are a volcanic group in the Anti-Apennines of the northern part of the Lazio region of Central Italy. They...
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Scipione de Tolfa (died 1595) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera (1593–1595) and Archbishop of Trani (1576–1593)...
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formula KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6. It was first observed in the 15th century at Tolfa, near Rome, where it was mined for the manufacture of alum. First called...
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Medici additionally benefited from the discovery of vast deposits of alum in Tolfa in 1461. Alum is essential as a mordant in the dyeing of certain cloths...
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approximately 2,100 square kilometres (810 sq mi). It is bordered by the Tolfa and Sabatini mountains to the north, the Alban Hills to the southeast, and...
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for culture and youth policies at Tolfa in 1997. In 2001, at the age of 24, Battilocchio was elected mayor of Tolfa and remained in office until 2011...
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the Tuscan Maremma), a coastal plain interrupted at Civitavecchia by the Tolfa Mountains (616 m). The central section of the region is occupied by the...
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fixative for dyeing fabrics. Since alum was mined in only one area in Europe (Tolfa, Italy), it was a scarce commodity and therefore especially valuable to...
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the church at Tolfa, Tierp Municipality, Uppland, Sweden. Unknown painter, 1503. Angel with nyckelharpa, fresco in the church at Tolfa, Tierp Municipality...
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