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Elfman was born on May 29, 1953, in Los Angeles, California [15] to a Jewish family of Russian descent. [3] [16] He is a son of Blossom Elfman (née Bernstein), a writer and teacher, and Milton Elfman, a teacher, and the brother of actor, musician, and journalist Richard Elfman. [17]
Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone (c. 1181 – 3 October 1226), known as Francis of Assisi, [b] was an Italian [c] mystic, poet, and Catholic friar who founded the religious order of the Franciscans. Inspired to lead a Christian life of poverty, he became a beggar [ 7 ] and itinerant preacher .
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642), commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei (/ ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ l eɪ oʊ ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ l eɪ /, US also / ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ l iː oʊ-/; Italian: [ɡaliˈlɛːo ɡaliˈlɛːi]), was an Italian (Florentine) [a] astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italian: torre pendente di Pisa [ˈtorre penˈdɛnte di ˈpiːza,-ˈpiːsa] [1]), or simply the Tower of Pisa (torre di Pisa), is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of Pisa Cathedral. It is known for its nearly four-degree lean, the result of an unstable foundation.
Michelangelo was born on 6 March 1475 in Caprese, known today as Caprese Michelangelo, a small town situated in Valtiberina, [10] near Arezzo, Tuscany. [11] For several generations, his family had been small-scale bankers in Florence; but the bank failed, and his father, Ludovico di Leonardo Buonarroti Simoni, briefly took a government post in Caprese, where Michelangelo was born. [3]
Mariensäule at Marienplatz Aerial view of the old town Lion sculptures by Wilhelm von Rümann at the Feldherrnhalle Alps behind the skyline. Munich (/ ˈ m juː n ɪ k / MEW-nik; German: München [ˈmʏnçn̩] ⓘ) [3] is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria, Germany.
The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (père) completed in 1844.It is one of the author's most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers.
San Marino (/ ˌ s æ n m ə ˈ r iː n oʊ / ⓘ SAN mə-REE-noh, Italian: [sam maˈriːno]; Romagnol: San Maréin or San Maroin), officially the Republic of San Marino [1] [2] [8] (Italian: Repubblica di San Marino) and also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino [9] (Italian: Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino), is a European microstate surrounded by Italy. [10]