Casa Rocca Grande was built by Fra Pietro La Rocca, Prior of Santo Stefano, towards the end of the 16th century and formed part of a magnificent palace with double entrances in the style of the Grandmaster's Palace.

During three campaigns in that country he proved himself a worthy antagonist to Prince Eugène of Savoy, whom he at last defeated in 1705 at Cassano in a magnificent show of courage and command over his troops, converting the impending defeat that his indolent brother, Philippe, the Grand Prior, had incurred, into a glorious success.

Prior to 1942, automobiles were the individual responsibility of the agency to which assigned.

Prior to his death, according to the Book of Jubilees, Amram was among those who went to Egypt and recovered the bones of the sons of his grandfather and great uncles ( excluding those of Joseph which had already been brought to Canaan ), so that they could be reburied in the cave of Machpelah.

Prior to creating the Asterix series, Goscinny and Uderzo had previously had success with their series Oumpah-pah, which was published in the Tintin magazine.

Prior to the 19th century, artists mixed their own paints which allowed them to achieve the desired color, thickness, and to control the use of fillers, if any.

Prior to 1991 the law was stricter, when changes more clearly defined which businesses were exempt such as pharmacies, hospitals, and restaurants.

Prior to the formation of Bill Haley and the Saddlemen, which later became The Comets, Haley released several singles with other groups.

Prior movements had all originated in cities which were home to at least two teams.

There are a number of interesting monuments, most notably that of Prior Vivian which was formerly in the Priory Church ( Thomas Vivian's effigy lying on a chest: black Catacleuse stone and grey marble ).

Prior to 1976, it was known as the Canadian Radio and Television Commission, which was established in 1968 by the Parliament of Canada to replace the Board of Broadcast Governors.

Prior to the 1995 season, the Rockies acquired free-agent outfielder Larry Walker, previously of the Montreal Expos, who replaced Kingery as the 4th member of the " Blake Street Bombers "— named after the street on which the new ballpark ( Coors Field ) was located — along with Galarraga, Bichette, and third baseman Vinny Castilla, who had played sparingly with the major-league club during the previous season.

Prior to the charter, there were various statutes which protected an assortment of civil rights and obligations, but nothing was enshrined in the constitution until 1982.

Prior to the development of DTMF, numbers were dialed on automated telephone systems by means of pulse dialing ( Dial Pulse or DP in the U. S .) or loop disconnect ( LD ) signaling, which functions by rapidly disconnecting and re-connecting the calling party's telephone line, similar to flicking a light switch on and off.

Prior to 2001, COMPSRON 2 consisted of up to 20 ships, including four Combat Force Ships which provided rapid-response delivery of equipment to ground troops in the US Army.

Prior to the revolution, power was concentrated in the hands of the President of the Republic and the National Democratic Party which retained a super-majority in the People's Assembly.

" Prior to Draper, Beauchamp & Davidson had also offered a definition which includes these elements, although they offered a somewhat longer account, and one that specifically discounts fetuses in order to distinguish between abortions and euthanasia:

Prior to 1986, the Australian banks organized a widespread uniform credit card, called Bankcard, which had been in existence since 1974.

Prior to version 0. 7, Freenet used a heuristic routing algorithm where each node had no fixed location, and routing was based on which node had served a key closest to the key being fetched ( in version 0. 3 ) or which is estimated to serve it faster ( in version 0. 5 ).

Prior to his employment with Talleyrand, Carême had become known for his pièces montèes, which were extravagant constructions of pastry and sugar architecture.

Prior to 1947, the only definition of first-class cricket had been one in Great Britain that dated from a meeting at Lord's in May 1894 between the Marylebone Cricket Club ( MCC ) committee and the secretaries of the clubs involved in the official County Championship, which had begun in 1890.

Prior to the 2nd millennium BC, the Greek peninsula was inhabited by various pre-Hellenic peoples, the most notable of which were the Pelasgians.

Prior to 1951, Communism lived within the urban labor forces in small study groups during 1944 to 1953 which it had a tremendous influence on these urban labor forces.

Prior to the start of the Great Depression, Hoover's first Treasury Secretary, Andrew Mellon, had proposed and seen enacted, numerous tax cuts, which cut the top income tax rate from 73 % to 24 % ( under Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge ).

Prior to the invasion of neutral Belgium by German forces, Hergé published humoristic drawings in L ' Ouest, a paper run by future collaborator Raymond de Becker and which strongly advocated that Belgium not join the war alongside its World War One allies France and Britain.

Prior to Islam the Kaaba of Mecca was covered in symbols representing the myriad demons, djinn, demigods, or simply tribal gods and other assorted deities which represented the polytheistic culture of pre-Islamic Arabia.

: Prior to the 19th century, Otomo was understood to have been a mere interloper, a pretender, an anomaly ; and therefore, if that commonly-accepted understanding were to have been valid, then it would have followed:

: Prior to the 19th century, Otomo was understood to have been a mere interloper, a pretender, an anomaly ; and therefore, if that commonly-accepted understanding were to have been valid, then it would have followed:

: Prior to the 19th century, Otomo was understood to have been a mere interloper, a pretender, an anomaly ; and therefore, if that commonly-accepted understanding were to have been valid, then it would have followed:

( Historical Note: Prior to the coining of the term " consequentialism " by Anscombe in 1958 and the adoption of that term in the literature that followed, " utilitarianism " was the generic term for consequentialism, referring to all theories that promoted maximizing any form of utility, not just those that promoted maximizing happiness.

Prior to the Middle Ages, the Visigoths, as well as other Germanic peoples, followed what is now referred to as Germanic paganism.

Prior to this scheme the RAF, and predecessor Royal Flying Corps ( RFC ), utilised a serial consisting of a letter followed by four figures, e. g., D8096-a Bristol F. 2 Fighter currently owned by the Shuttleworth Collection, or K5054-the prototype Supermarine Spitfire.

Prior to 1959, highway traffic to and from Oklahoma largely followed US 60 through Seneca rather than the more famous Route 66 with which it joins about 15 miles west of Seneca.

Prior to the realignment, which was done first, the roadway followed 2nd Street to Crosby Street, then bore right onto E. 4th Street, widening to four lanes and becoming the " Industrial Highway " in Eddystone.

The first Prior General was Friar Matthew, followed by Adjutus and Philip.

Prior to the album's release, Slash's Snakepit supported AC / DC on their Stiff Upper Lip tour from August to September, followed by their own headlining tour of theatres.

With a new sense of purpose and a stable line-up now consisting of Prior, Nicol, Kemp, Knight and Genockey, the band carried out a UK tour in April and May 2006, followed by dates in Europe and an appearance at the 2006 Cropredy Festival.

Prior to the last Ice Age, the River Thames followed a more northerly route to the North Sea, from Reading via Marlow, Chorleywood, St Albans, Hertford and along the present Suffolk-Essex border.

Prior to 1807, Denmark-Norway had followed a policy of armed neutrality, using its naval forces only to protect trade flowing within, into, and out of Danish and Norwegian waters.

Prior to this, the graphics package was limited, but followed a basic " ketchup and mustard " color scheme of red and yellow.

Prior to 2009, China generally followed OECD Guidelines.

Bridge stamp for pre-1927 Route 5 along New Jersey Route 163 | Route 163 ( former US 46 ) Prior to 1927, what is today US 46 was followed by three different routes.

Prior to the Asian Financial Crisis of 1998, Daewoo was the second largest conglomerate in Korea after Hyundai Group, followed by LG Group and Samsung Group.

Prior to the Grimsby Turnpike Act of 1765 the road ( track ) through Swallow seems to have followed a line close to Chapel Lane ; a green road ran from Swallow to Rothwell until the Second World War when it was ploughed up to grow crops and never re-instated.

Prior to the construction of the current A14 road the main route from the Birmingham to the Haven ports followed the old A45 road route via Coventry, Rugby, Northampton, St Neots, Cambridge and then through all the towns on the current route A14 from there to Felixstowe.

Prior to the move de Raadt got his first computer, a Commodore VIC-20, which was soon followed by an Amiga.

Prior to LMD reform which implemented the Bologna process, it was followed by a two-year Diplôme d ' études universitaires générales ( DEUG ), followed by a third year, the Licence.

The reigning monarch of each of the Commonwealth realms is at the apex of the Order of St. John as its Sovereign Head, followed by the Grand Prior, since 1974 the Duke of Gloucester.

Prior to this there were four licenced premises, but this itself followed a long period with only one licenced location, and up until 1992, there were no such premises on campus at all.