Acquaviva
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Places

Italy:
  • Acquaviva Collecroce
    Acquaviva Collecroce
    Acquaviva Collecroce is a small town and comune in the province of Campobasso, in the Molise region of southern Italy, between the Biferno and Trigno rivers....

    , in the province of Campobasso
  • Acquaviva delle Fonti
    Acquaviva delle Fonti
    Acquaviva delle Fonti is a town and comune in the province of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy.-Buildings:Acquaviva Cathedral is located here, since 1986 a co-cathedral in the Diocese of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti.-Famous people from Acquaviva delle Fonti:*Roberto Colaninno,...

    , in the province of Bari
  • Acquaviva d'Isernia
    Acquaviva d'Isernia
    Acquaviva d'Isernia is a comune in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, located about 45 km west of Campobasso and about 10 km northwest of Isernia.-References:...

    , in the province of Isernia
  • Acquaviva Picena
    Acquaviva Picena
    Acquaviva Picena is a comune in the Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Italian region Marche, located about 80 km southeast of Ancona and about 20 km northeast of Ascoli Piceno.-Main sights:...

    , in the province of Ascoli Piceno
  • Acquaviva Platani
    Acquaviva Platani
    Acquaviva Platani is a hill town and comune in the province of Caltanissetta.The name of the town is derived from the numerous natural springs in the area. Until 1862, the town was called simply Acquaviva; the appositive Platani was added to distinguish it from the other three Italian towns named...

    , in the province of Caltanissetta


San Marino:
  • Acquaviva (San Marino), a sanmarinese castello

People

  • Andrea Matteo Acquaviva
    Andrea Matteo Acquaviva
    Andrea Matteo Acquaviva, 8th Duca d'Atri was an Italian nobleman and condottiero from the Kingdom of Naples, who distinguished himself as a partisan of the French. He was made prisoner by Consalvo of Cordova and carried into Spain; but his confinement was not long, and on his return to Naples he...

     (1456–1528), Duca d'Atri, Italian writer
  • Belisario Acquaviva
    Belisario Acquaviva
    Belisario Acquaviva, Duca di Nardò was an Italian nobleman and writer from the Kingdom of Naples. The younger brother of the literary figure Andrea Matteo Acquaviva, Belisario politically opposed his brother, being loyal to the Spaniards. Belisario was hence enabled not only to preserve his own...

     (1464–1528), his younger brother
  • Claudio Acquaviva
    Claudio Acquaviva
    Claudio Acquaviva was an Italian Jesuit priest elected in 1581 the 5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus...

     (1543–1615), fifth general of the Society of Jesus
  • Giulio Antonio Acquaviva
    Giulio Antonio Acquaviva
    Giulio Antonio Acquaviva was an Italian nobleman and condottiere.Born at Atri, he was a member of a patrician family of the Kingdom of Naples with large estates in Abruzzo, and held the titles of Duke of Atri, Count of San Flaviano and Giulianova, Lord of Forcella, Roseto, Padula, and was the...

     (c. 1425–1481), Italian nobleman and condottiere
  • John Acquaviva
    John Acquaviva
    John Acquaviva is an Italian-born Canadian second-wave techno artist and club DJ from London, Ontario. His friend Richie Hawtin co-founded the Plus 8 record label with him in 1990.In 2006, Acquaviva reached #22 on the ....

    , Canadian DJ
  • Rodolfo Acquaviva
    Rodolfo Acquaviva
    Rodolfo Acquaviva Italian Jesuit missionary to India, at the court of Akbar the Great, 1580–1583; Martyred, 1583; Blessed, 1893....

      (1550-1583), Jesuit missionary and martyr in India.
  • Tony Acquaviva (1925-1986), American composer and conductor
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