- more
modest mediaeval predecessor. It is
known as the "Torre
della Biscia ("
Biscia Tower" ("Snake Tower"))
possibly after the form of an
ancient piece...
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Lelio Biscia (15 June 1575 – 19
November 1638) was an
Italian Catholic cardinal.
Biscia was born on 15 June 1575 in Rome, the
second son of Bernardino...
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Giamal Biscia (Arabic: جمل بيشا) is a
village in
western Eritrea. It is
located in the
Omhajer Subregion of the Gash-Barka region. It lies
inside the Gash-Setit...
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Federica Biscia (born 26 June 1980) is an
Italian former ****troke and
medley swimmer who
competed in the 2000
Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde...
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Bishia (Arabic: نشيا, Italian:
Biscia) is a
small locality in
western Eritrea. It was the
original terminus of the
Eritrean Railway from Asmara, though...
- Etymologically, word
biscione is a
masculine augmentative of
Italian feminine biscia "gr**** snake" (corrupted from bistia,
ultimately from
Latin bestia "beast")...
-
inside the Gash-Setit
wildlife reserve 6
kilometres south-west of
Giamal Biscia. As the name may suggest, the
village was
founded by the
Italians during...
- "beast",
compare also
Italian biscia, a kind of
snake snake serpente bísa, bíso from
Latin bestia "beast",
compare also Ital.
biscia, a kind of
snake peas piselli...
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January to
retreat hurriedly from K****ala and Tessenei, the
triangle of Keru,
Biscia and Aicota.
Wavell had
ordered Platt to
advance the
offensive from March...
- Cardinal-Priest of
Santa Maria del
Popolo 1622–1635 Succeeded by
Lelio Biscia Preceded by
Roberto Ubaldini Cardinal-Priest of
Santa Pr****ede 1635–1639...
