The song is a lively mazurka with lyrics penned by Józef Wybicki in Reggio nell ' Emilia, Cisalpine Republic ( now in Italy ), around 16 July 1797, two years after the Third Partition of Poland erased the once vast country from the map.

After the Peace of Constance ( 1183 ) confirmed the Italian communes ' rights of self-governance, long-standing quarrels with the neighbouring communes of Reggio Emilia, Piacenza and Cremona became harsher, with the aim of controlling the vital trading line over the Po River.

The illness is named after the famous 19th-century French author Stendhal ( pseudonym of Henri-Marie Beyle ), who described his experience with the phenomenon during his 1817 visit to Florence in his book Naples and Florence: A Journey from Milan to Reggio.

Italy has now emerged as a fast-growing area for Sikh migration, with Reggio Emilia and the Vicenza province being areas of significant Sikh population clusters.

Philip Glass returns as the film's composer, and Jon Kane as the Visual Designer ( having also worked on Naqoyqatsi with Reggio in 2002 ).

The Conservatorio di Musica and the Teatro Communale of Reggio di Calabria were renamed in his memory, and his native town of Palmi built a mausoleum in his memory, decorated with scenes from the myth of Orpheus.

* LA Weekly interview with Godfrey Reggio on the making of Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi

The Reggio di Calabria port is equipped with five loading docks of a length of 1, 530 metres.

Is also, an important centre of the Metropolitan Area Stretto di Messina ( who also includes areas of Reggio Calabria ), with the near city Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto.

Reggio was the capital of Calabria Ulteriore Prima with the Bourbons of Naples from 1759 to 1860.

Under Fascism with the Podestà Genoese-Zerbi, in 1927 the city became an administrative centre for the surrounding municipalities and was called Grande Reggio (‘ Greater Reggio ’), but because of its strategic military position, it suffered a devastating air raid by the British 8th Army in 1943.

The city of Reggio Calabria, formerly the colony of Magna Grecia, has to consolidate the existing relations of cooperation with some Greek cities which are linked by common historical and cultural roots.

An ' open to the issue of enlargement with all the problems it entails, in terms of citizens ' fears and doubts related to the impact of this process on freedom of movement, on daily life and employment, it is also the origin relations of exchange and cooperation that the Administration of Reggio Calabria intends to establish with some cities of Poland, especially given the growing progressive presence in the territory of Reggio, Polish citizens who have long hosted within its territory.

Reggio di Calabria is twinned with:

Reggio is a port city with a sizeable fishing industry.

The city, is served by air links with the Reggio Calabria Airport ( IATA: REG, ICAO: LICR ).

Siderno, also known as the " pearl " of the " Jasmine Riviera ", is one of the most well-equipped tourist resorts on the Ionian coast of the Province of Reggio Calabria, with wide, sandy beaches, clear sea and a magnificently-coloured seabed.

It seems that this was due to the initiative of the humanist philosopher-prince, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, who had heard Savonarola in a formal disputation in Reggio Emilia and been impressed with his learning and piety.

The two surviving branches, with Duke Henry the Lion of Saxony and Bavaria on the German side, concluded an agreement in 1154 which allocated the family's Italian possessions to the younger line, the Fulc-Este, who in the course of time acquired Ferrara, Modena and Reggio.

( Centro Sociale Occupato Autogestito, " self-governing squatter social centers ") and include: Leoncavallo, Cantiere, Cox 18, Cascina Torchiera, La Fucina, Vittoria, Transiti 28, Panetteria Occupata, Bottiglieria Occupata and Villa Vegan Squat in Milan, Telos in Saronno, Officina 99, SKA, Insurgencia, Cinema Astra Occupato and Terra Terra in Naples, Askatasuna, El Paso, Gabrio, Murazzi, la Boccia Squat, No way squat, Mezcal Squat, Asilo Squat and Barocchio Squat in Turin, Brancaleone, Corto Circuito, Forte Prenestino, La Strada, Acrobax, Spartaco, Torre Maura, Horus, L38 Laurentino Squat, ZK Squatt, Ateneo Occupato, Macchia Rossa and Villaggio Globale in Rome, Buridda, Pinelli, Terra Di Nessuno, Aut Aut 357 and Zapata in Genoa, Rivolta in Mestre, Gramigna and Pedro in Padua, La Chimica in Verona, Bruno in Trento, Dordoni in Cremona, Magazzino 47 in Brescia, Pacì Paciana in Bergamo, Barattolo in Pavia, CPA Firenze Sud, La Riottosa, Villa Panico and Next Emerson in Florence, Experia and Auro in Catania, Ex-Karcere in Palermo, Ex-Mattatoio in Perugia, Mario Lupo in Parma, la Scintilla in Modena, Mezza Canaja in Senigallia, Kontatto in Ancona, TNT in Jesi, Godzilla in Livorno, Rebeldia and Newroz in Pisa, Teatro Polivalente, Lazzaretto, XM24, Livello 57 and Crash in Bologna, Cartella in Reggio Calabria, Rialzo in Cosenza, Fiumara in Catanzaro, Cloro Rosso in Taranto and many others.

Reggio, because of its geographical position was often contested between the Kingdom of Naples ( on continental Italy ) and the Kingdom of Sicily, in fact between 1266 and 1503 Reggio passed between the rule of the Aragonese, who called it Regols and who enlarged its medioeval castle and also of the Angevins.

Later came the Habsburgs of Spain although Reggio was ruled by a viceroy from 1504 to 1713 ; the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily were in fact part of the Spanish crown territories.

Then, in 1759, Reggio became part of the newly independent Kingdom of Naples.

A ferry service connects Messina on Sicily with the mainland at Villa San Giovanni, which lies several kilometers north of the large city of Reggio Calabria ; the ferries hold the cars ( carriages ) of the mainline train service between Palermo and Naples.

He was made a titular duke in chief of the duché-grand fief of Reggio in the satellite Kingdom of Naples, and received a large money grant in April 1810.

Subsequently the Italian government appointed him a professor at Domodossola, followed by a post at Reggio di Calabria and finally a post at the Naples University.

The railway linking Reggio Calabria in the south and Turin in the north runs through the city, providing direct railway connections to the cities of Grosseto, Rome, Turin, Naples, Pisa and La Spezia, among others.

In 2011 local elections the party was almost stable in Ravenna and its province ( 3. 1 and 5. 1 %, respectively ) and in Reggio Calabria and its province ( 3. 1 and 4. 1 %), but gained some ground in Naples ( 1. 5 %).

The A3 autostrada between Naples and Reggio Calabria, which forms a section of European route E45, runs through Cava, as does the trunk road Strada Statale 18 Tirrena Inferiore.

The fundamental lines run from North to South, skirting Thyrrenian and Adriatic seas, linking cities like Milan, Turin, Genoa, Venice, Ferrara and Bologna with Florence, Rome, Naples, Bari, Reggio Calabria and Palermo, and from West to East in the North, connecting Turin, Milan, Venice, Trieste and Po river plain provinces.

The Autostrada A3 Napoli-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Naples to Reggio Calabria via Salerno.

Another argument against the bridge is the poor state of the transport infrastructure in Sicily, particularly the railroad and Autostrada A20 linking Messina to Palermo, and poor state of the Autostrada A3 on the mainland linking Reggio Calabria to Naples.

It has production sites on four locations in Italy: Naples, Reggio Calabria, Palermo, and Pistoia.

* Domestic scheduled destinations: Alghero, Bari, Bergamo, Bologna, Brindisi, Cagliari, Catania, Lamezia Terme, Milan, Naples, Olbia, Palermo, Reggio Calabria, Trieste, Verona and Venice.

Salina has two ports, Santa Marina and Rinella, served by ferries and hydrofoils from Hydrofoil service is active from Naples, Palermo, Reggio Calabria, Messina and Milazzo.

The town has a station on the main line from Naples to Reggio Calabria.

* link = European route E90 –: Lisbon – Madrid – Barcelona … Mazara del Vallo – Palermo – Messina … Reggio Calabria – Metaponto – Taranto – Brindisi … Igoumenitsa – Ioannina-Kozani – Thessaloniki – Alexandroupoli – Gelibolu … Lapseki – Bursa – Ankara – Adana – Nusaybin – Khabur River – Iraq

Crotone also has a railway station, although much of the tourism traffic is served by the Salerno-Reggio Calabria highway and the National Road ( called 106 Ionica ) leading all the Jonic ( eastern ) coast from Taranto to Reggio Calabria.

Bari, Taranto, Reggio Calabria, Foggia and Salerno are the next largest cities in the area.

Balsamic vinegar is an aromatic, aged type of vinegar traditionally crafted in the Modena and Reggio Emilia provinces of Italy from the concentrated juice, or must, of white grapes ( typically of the Trebbiano variety ).

Godfrey Reggio ( born March 29, 1940 ) is an American director of experimental documentary films.

Reggio resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico and is currently focusing on a narrative-based film exploring the negative impacts of consumerism and fundamentalism on the world.

Reggio is most known for his Qatsi trilogy, which includes the films Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi, and Naqoyqatsi.

Reggio has recently been working on a new film, The Holy See, and is currently in post-production.

Powaqqatsi ( ), or Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation, is the 1988 sequel to the experimental 1982 documentary film Koyaanisqatsi, by Godfrey Reggio.

* Rashi's commentary on the Torah is the first dated book to be printed in Hebrew, in Reggio di Calabria.

The most populated city of Calabria is Reggio, that furthermore is the seat of the Council of Calabrian government.

The region is served by three heavily used roads: two national highways along the coasts and the A3 motorway, which links Salerno and Reggio di Calabria along the old inland route.

In Calabria there are two main airports: one is situated in Lamezia Terme and the other in Reggio di Calabria, both very close to the cities.

Reggio di Calabria (; Sicilian-Calabrian dialect: Rìggiu, Greek-Calabrian: Righi, Greek:, Rhégion, Latin: Rhegium ), commonly known as Reggio Calabria or Reggio, is the biggest city and the most populated comune of Calabria, southern Italy, and is the capital of the Province of Reggio Calabria and seat of the Council of Calabrian government.

Reggio is located on the " toe " of the Italian peninsula and is separated from the island of Sicily by the Strait of Messina.