The Marquis concluded that nothing — not even the Holy Roman Empress's reproaches — could compel Anna Maria Franziska to Florence, where Gian Gastone longed to be.

The responsibility for scores of deaths, including the abduction and murder of Jesus Maria Galindez, a professor at Columbia University in New York, has been laid at his door.

Casa Batlló () is a building restored by Antoni Gaudí and Josep Maria Jujol, built in 1877 and remodelled in the years 1904 – 1906 ; located at 43, Passeig de Gràcia ( passeig is Catalan for promenade or avenue ), part of the Illa de la Discòrdia ( the " Block of Discord ") in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Spain.

It was a controversial design at the time for the bold forms of the undulating stone facade and wrought iron decoration of the balconies and windows, designed largely by Josep Maria Jujol, who also created some of the plaster ceilings.

At the emperor's further insistence, and for their own protection they took refuge at the convent of Petrion, where eventually they were joined by Irene Doukaina's mother, Maria of Bulgaria.

During this time, Alexios was rumored to be the lover of Empress Maria of Alania, the daughter of King Bagrat IV of Georgia, who had been successively married to Michael VII Doukas and his successor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, renowned for her beauty.

Alexios arranged for Maria to stay on the palace grounds, and it was thought that Alexios was considering marrying the erstwhile empress.

In 1635 – 38, Pietro Boncompagni commissioned from Algardi a colossal statue of Philip Neri with kneeling angels for Santa Maria in Vallicella, completed in 1640.

Monument to Canova in the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, designed by Canova as a mausoleum for the painter Titian

His heart was interred in a marble pyramid he designed as a mausoleum for the painter Titian in the church of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice, now a monument to the sculptor.

Thus, there was seen a need for a new law that would ensure the continuance of the succession following the death of the last legal heir under the Bill of Rights, being Princess Anne, guaranteeing the line of succession would continue in the Protestant line, and excluding any possible claims by the deposed James II or his son and daughter, James Francis Edward and Louisa Maria Teresa Stuart.

At the very beginning of the book Erich Maria Remarque says " This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it.

In the interval he enjoyed the patronage of Ferdinando de ' Medici, for whose private theatre near Florence he composed operas, and of Cardinal Ottoboni, who made him his maestro di cappella, and procured him a similar post at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome in 1703.

* Santa Maria di Montesanto, Naples, for his tomb

Bardot was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for her role in Louis Malle's 1965 film Viva Maria !.

Bardot was featured in many other films along with notable actors such as Alain Delon ( Famous Love Affairs ; Spirits of the Dead ); Jean Gabin ( In Case of Adversity ); Sean Connery ( Shalako ); Jean Marais ( Royal Affairs in Versailles ; School for Love ); Lino Ventura ( Rum Runners ); Annie Girardot ( The Novices ); Claudia Cardinale ( The Legend of Frenchie King ); Jeanne Moreau ( Viva Maria!

In June 1958, he met Maria Elena Santiago, a receptionist for Murray Deutch, an executive for New York publisher Peer-Southern Music.

On May 9, 2011, the City of Lubbock held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Buddy and Maria Elena Holly Plaza, the new home of the statue and the Walk of Fame.

0 km-There are no railways in Cape Verde, although there was a short overhead conveyor system for salt from the open salt lake on Sal to the port at Pedro de Lume and a short stretch of rail track to the pier at Santa Maria used for a similar purpose.

* Maria Petringa, Brazza, A Life for Africa ( 2006 ) ISBN 978-1-4259-1198-0

* Cantigas de Santa Maria for Singers ( full text with syllable marks, pronunciation guide and concordance )

* http :// csm. mml. ox. ac. uk / ( the Centre for the Study of the Cantigas de Santa Maria of Oxford University )

Their son, Don Macario " Ariong " Arnedo y Sioco ( 1868-1941 ), a four-term elected governor of Pampanga during the early years of the 20th century continued with his wife, Dona Maria " Maruja " Espiritu y Dungo ( 1876-1934 ), the traditional, elegant banquets and balls at " La Sulipena " in barrio Sulipan and in their residence in adjacent barrio Capalangan.

Grassalkovich was Maria Theresa's vassal, so the palace was used for various balls and parties of the Habsburg royal court.

Maria dropped down the batting order during the 2005 World Cup in South Africa, top scoring with a fine 73 * off 94 balls in the semi-final loss to India.

Empress Maria with her son, future Nicholas IIThe family of Alexander III being blessed by Jesus Christ in a portrait by Makarov. On the morning of 13 March 1881, Alexander II, aged sixty-two, was killed by a bomb on the way back to the Winter Palace from a military parade.

On 23 January 1874, the Duke of Edinburgh married the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, the second ( and only surviving ) daughter of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and his wife Marie of Hesse and by Rhine, daughter of Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine and Wilhelmine of Baden, at the Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg.

* Jane Porter & Anna Maria Porter-Tales Round a Winter Hearth

Others who have written settings are Agostino Steffani, Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, Emanuele d ' Astorga, Winter, Raimondi, Vito, Lanza, Neukomm.

Tykwer and Becker wrote the screenplay for Life Is All You Get while working on Tykwer's second feature, Winter Sleepers ( 1997 ), a much bigger and more complex production than Deadly Maria.

His seven vocal cycles and two collections — Les Chansons des Roses ( Rilke ), Mid-Winter Songs ( Graves ), A Winter Come ( Moss ), Madrigali: Six " FireSongs " on Italian Renaissance Poems, Nocturnes ( Rilke, Neruda and Agee ), Cuatro Canciones ( Lorca ), Four Madrigals on Renaissance Texts, Five Songs on American Poems ( Moss, Witt, Gioia and Agee ) and Lux Aeterna — his series of sacred a cappella motets ( O Magnum Mysterium, Ave Maria, O Nata Lux, Ubi Caritas et Amor, and Ave Dulcissima Maria ) and numerous instrumental works are featured regularly in concert by distinguished artists and ensembles throughout the world.

Winter in Villa Maria runs from late May to late August ; daytime temperatures are usually in the range of 12 ° C to 20 ° C ( 53F to 68F ) and nighttime lows range from 0 ° C to 7 ° C ( 32F to 45F ).

* 1982 – Publication of the book Valentino, edited by Franco Maria Ricci ; September 20, Valentino presents his Autumn / Winter collection at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

Miriam Winter ( Maria Orlowski ) was born June 2, 1933 in Łódź, Poland to Tobiasz ( Tuvyeh ) Winter and Majta Laja ( Leah ) Winter, ( maiden name Kohn ).

She also wrote Tales Round a Winter Hearth ( 1821 ), Coming Out ( 1828 ) and The Field of Forty Footsteps ( 1828 ) with her sister, Anna Maria Porter ( 1780 – 1832 ).

On February 25, 2012, Maria wrestled her first match since being released by WWE defeating Tara in the first round of the tournament to determine the inaugural FWE Women's Champion after an interference from Winter whom defeated Brooke Tessmacher early the night.

Later that night, Maria defeated Winter in finals of the FWE Women's Championship tournament to determine the inaugural Family Wrestling Entertainment ( FWE ) Women's Champion after the interference from Brooke Tessmacher and Tara.

On July 28, 2012, Maria defeated Winter to regain the FWE Women's Championship.

In dramas: Madeleine Cranmere in Malice Aforethought, Lady Eileen ' Bundle ' Brent in The Seven Dials Mystery, Eva Jackson in Absurd Person Singular, Caroline Ashurst in A Winter Harvest, Elizabeth Fellowes in A Sort of Innocence, Maria Wearing in Centrepoint, Louie Williams in Fantabulosa.

*" Zero + Maria Cornejo Autumn / Winter 2010 Shoes "

As a measure intended to keep the support of the Doukai, Alexios restored Constantine Doukas, the young son of Michael VII and Maria, as co-emperor and a little later betrothed him to his own first-born daughter Anna, who moved into the Mangana Palace with her fiancé and his mother.

Because of the many threats against Maria and Alexander III, the head of the security police, General Cherevin, shortly after the coronation urged the Tsar and his family to relocate to Gatchina Palace, a more secure location 50 kilometres outside St. Petersburg.

Maria continued to live in the Anichkov Palace in St. Petersburg and at Gatchina Palace.

On 26 September 2006, a statue of Maria Feodorovna was unveiled near her favourite Cottage Palace in Peterhof.

* 498 – After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.

Osman II was born at Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, the son of Sultan Ahmed I ( 1603 – 17 ) and his wife Mâh-Firûze Hatice ( Khadija ) Valide Sultan, originally named Maria, a Greek.

His projects in Rome included: the church and piazza at Santa Maria della Pace ; the Via del Corso, Piazza Colonna and associated buildings ; reworking of the Porta del Popolo, the Piazza del Popolo and Santa Maria del Popolo ; Piazza San Pietro, the Scala Regia and interior embellishments in the Vatican Palace and St Peters ; Sant ' Andrea al Quirinale ; part of the Palazzo del Quirinale ; the obelisk and elephant in Piazza della Minerva.

They took him from the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, and installed him in the Lateran Palace, ignoring his protests.

The Pope's cousin, Francesco Maria Conti, from Siena, became chamberlain of James ' little court in the Roman Muti Palace.

The dedicatory inscription in the fresco by Melozzo da Forlì in the Vatican Palace records: " You gave your city temples, streets, squares, fortifications, bridges and restored the Acqua Vergine as far as the Trevi ..." In addition to restoring the aqueduct that provided Rome an alternative to the river water that had made the city famously unhealthy, he restored or rebuilt over 30 of Rome's dilapidated churches, among them San Vitale ( 1475 ) and Santa Maria del Popolo, and added seven new ones.

Maria Antonia of Austria was born on 2 November 1755 at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria ; on the next day, she was baptised Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna ( also known as Maria Antonia Josephina Johanna ).

The second but eldest surviving child of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Archduchess Maria Theresa was born early in the morning of 13 May 1717, at the Hofburg Palace, Vienna, shortly after the death of her elder brother, Archduke Leopold, and was baptised on that same evening.

Portrait of the young Count of ProvenceLouis Stanislas Xavier, titled comte de Provence at birth, was born on 17 November 1755 in the Palace of Versailles, the son of Louis, Dauphin of France, and of his wife, Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony.

Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria ( who was given the Latin baptismal name of Maria Ludovica Leopoldina Francisca Theresa Josepha Lucia ) was born at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna on 12 December 1791 to Archduke Francis of Austria and his second wife, Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily.

Philip was born at the Palace of Versailles in France the second son of Louis, Grand Dauphin, the heir apparent to the throne of France, and his wife Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, Dauphine Victoire.

He then married María Dolores " Mary " Tarrero-Serrano ( October 5, 1924 – September 23, 2010 ) on 17 June 1945 in the Chapel of the Presidential Palace, and they had two daughters, Maria Antonetta Prío-Tarrero ( b. 14 June 1946 in Cuba and married to Cesar Odio, former City Manager of the City of Miami ) and Maria Elena Prío-Tarrero ( b. 30 March 1949 in Cuba, divorced from Alfredo Duran ).

On May 2, 1641, William married Mary Henrietta, Princess Royal, the eldest daughter of King Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France in the Chapel Royal, Whitehall Palace, London.