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51Florent Chrestien — (January 26, 1541 October 3, 1596) was a French satirist and Latin poet. Chrestien was the son of Guillaume Chrestien, an eminent French physician and writer on physiology, was born at Orleans. A pupil of Henri Estienne, the Hellenist, at an… …
52Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi — The Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or Fountain of the Four Rivers occupies the center of the large oval Piazza Navona in Rome. It is a masterpiece of Gianlorenzo Bernini s, and emblematic of the dynamic and dramatic effects sought by high Baroque… …
53Summa Technologiae — (the title is in Latin, meaning Sum of Technology in English) is a 1964 (1967 second edition) book by Polish author Stanisław Lem. Summa is one of the first collection of philosophical essays by Lem. The book exhibits depth of insight and irony… …
54August de Boeck — Julianus Marie August de Boeck (Merchtem, Belgium, May 9, 1865 – Merchtem, October 9, 1937) was a Flemish composer, organist and music pedagogue.From 1880 he studied organ at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels under Alphonse Mailly from whom he… …
55Prix de Royallieu — Turf race infobox class = Group 2 horse race = Prix de Royallieu caption = location = Longchamp Racecourse Paris, France inaugurated = race type = Thoroughbred Flat race sponsor = Qatar website = [http://www.france galop.com/All the… …
56Talking statues of Rome — The statue Pasquino, the first talking statue of Rome The talking statues of Rome (or the Congregation of Wits)[1] provided an outlet for a form of anonymous political expression in …
57John Bridgeman (judge) — Sir John Bridgeman, SL (1568/1569 – 5 February 1638) was a barrister of the Inner Temple, serjeant at lawcite web | url=http://www.british history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42887 | title=History of the Parish of Astley | accessdate=2006 11 29] and… …
58In Evil Hour — infobox Book | name = In Evil Hour title orig = La mala hora translator = Gregory Rabassa image caption = author = Gabriel García Márquez cover artist = country = Colombia language = Spanish series = genre = Novel publisher = release date = 1979… …
59Olimpia Maidalchini — Contemporary portrait of Olimpia Maidalchini by an unknown artist Olimpia Maidalchini (born on May 26, 1591[1] – died on September 27, 1657), also spelled Olympia and known as Donna Olimpia, was the sister in law of Pope Innocent X (Pamphili)… …
60Dictator novel — The dictator Juan Facundo Quiroga The dictator novel (Spanish: novela del dictador) is a genre of Latin American literature that challenges the role of the dictator in Latin American society. The theme of caudillismo the régime of a chari …
