Fontana
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- Fontana, ChacoFontana, ChacoFontana is a village and municipality in Chaco Province in northern Argentina.-References:...
, a settlement in San Fernando Department in Chaco Province, Argentina - Fontana, Cape Verde, a settlement in the island of Sal, Cape VerdeSal, Cape VerdeSal is an island in Cape Verde. It belongs to the northern group of islands, called Barlavento. The island is composed by a single administrative division, the Sal municipality. The island is home to Amílcar Cabral International Airport, the main airport of Cape Verde.- Geography :The island is...
- Fontana, GozoFontana, GozoIl-Fontana is a village on Gozo Island, Malta, with a population of 846 people .Fontana originated from the suburb of Victoria on the Rabat-Xlendi road. Its local name is "It-Triq tal-Ghajn", , and it took its name from a spring at the bottom of the road leading to Xlendi, known locally as...
, on Gozo Island, Republic of Malta - Fontana (Belgrade)Fontana (Belgrade)Fontana is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Novi Beograd....
, a neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia - Settlements in SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
:- Fontana GR, a settlement in TaraspTaraspTarasp is a municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Its eleven settlements are situated within the Lower Engadin valley along the Inn River, at the foot of the Sesvenna Range....
in the Canton of Graubünden - Fontana (Airolo), a settlement in AiroloAiroloAirolo is a municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.-History:In the settlement of Madrano, Roman tombs from the 2nd and 3rd Centuries AD were found. They belonged to a Vicus, whose inhabitants probably collected crystal, which was processed in Locarno into...
, in the Canton of Ticino - Fontana (Meride), a settlement in MerideMerideMeride is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.-History:Meride is first mentioned in 852 as Melede. In 1430 it was mentioned as Merede....
in the Canton of Ticino - Fontana (Biasca), a settlement in BiascaBiascaBiasca is a town of the district of Riviera in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.-History:Biasca is first mentioned in 830 as Aviasca in the Liber viventium of Pfäfers Abbey. In 1119 it was mentioned as Abiasca.-Early history:...
in Val Pontirone in the Canton of Ticino - Fontana (Cavergno), a settlement in CavergnoCavergnoCavergno is a village in the district of Vallemaggia, in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. On 22 October 2006 Cavergno lost its status as an independent municipality when together with the village of Bignasco it was incorporated into the municipality of Cevio....
in the Canton of Ticino
- Fontana GR, a settlement in Tarasp
- Places in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
:- Fontana, CaliforniaFontana, CaliforniaFontana is a city of 196,069 residents in San Bernardino County, California. Founded in 1913, it remained essentially rural until World War II, when entrepreneur Henry J. Kaiser built a large steel mill in the area...
- Fontana, KansasFontana, KansasFontana is a city in south central Miami County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 224. The name Fontana comes from the French word fontaine, meaning fountain or a spring-like water source. It was given to the small city because it was known as a place with...
- Fontana, Texas
- Fontana Village, North Carolina
- Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, WisconsinFontana-on-Geneva Lake, WisconsinFontana-on-Geneva Lake is a village in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,754 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Fontana-on-Geneva Lake is located at ....
- Fontana DamFontana DamFontana Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Little Tennessee River in Swain and Graham counties, North Carolina, USA. The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s to accommodate the skyrocketing electricity demands in the Tennessee Valley at the...
in the U.S. state of North Carolina
- Fontana, California
- Fontana (lunar crater)Fontana (lunar crater)Fontana is a lunar crater that is located in the southwestern part of the Moon's near side, to the south of the Oceanus Procellarum. It lies to the west-northwest of the flooded crater Zupus...
, an impact crater on the Moon - Fontana (Martian crater), an impact craters on Mars
- Fontana (Barcelona Metro)Fontana (Barcelona Metro)Fontana is a Barcelona Metro station located under Carrer Gran de Gràcia and Carrer d'Astúries in the Gràcia district of Barcelona. It's served by L3. Opened in 1924 as part of the first metro line of the city , the station retains some of the original decoration. It's also one of the few stations...
- Fontana (Metrolink station)Fontana (Metrolink station)The Fontana Metrolink station is a train station served by Metrolink commuter rail in the city of Fontana, California. It is immediately adjacent to Fontana's Downtown District. It has 340 free parking spaces....
People
- Alberto Fontana (born 1967) (born 1967), an Italian footballer
- Arianna FontanaArianna FontanaArianna Fontana is an Italian short track speed skater, who won bronze in the 3000m relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin...
(born 1990), an Italian short track speed skater - Carl FontanaCarl FontanaCarl Charles Fontana was an American jazz trombonist. Because Fontana rarely recorded under his own name and toured only occasionally after 1958, he is significantly less famous among mainstream jazz fans, although well-known amongst trombonists.-Birth to 1958:Born in Monroe, Louisiana, Fontana...
(1928–2003), an American jazz trombonist - Carlo FontanaCarlo FontanaCarlo Fontana was an Italian architect, who was in part responsible for the classicizing direction taken by Late Baroque Roman architecture.-Biography:...
(1634 or 1638–1714), an Italian architect - D.C. Fontana (born 1939), an American science fiction writer
- D.J. Fontana (born 1931), an American drummer
- Domenico FontanaDomenico FontanaDomenico Fontana was a Swiss-born Italian architect of the late Renaissance.-Biography:200px|thumb|Fountain of Moses in Rome....
(1543–1607), an Italian architect - Francesco FontanaFrancesco FontanaFrancesco Fontana was an Italian lawyer and astronomer.He created woodcuts showing the Moon and the planets as he saw them through a self-constructed telescope...
(1580–1656), an Italian astronomer - Federica FontanaFederica FontanaFederica Fontana is an Italian television sports announcer and TV program hostess, who also does various kinds of modeling on the side.-Biography:...
(born 1977), a noted model - Felice FontanaFelice FontanaFelice Fontana was an Italian physicist who discovered the water gas shift reaction in 1780. He is also credited with launching modern toxicology and investigating the human eye.-Early life:...
(1730–1805), an Italian scientist - Franco FontanaFranco FontanaFranco Fontana is an Italian photographer born in Modena, on December, 9th, 1933. He is best known for his abstract colour landscapes. Fontana's photos have been used as album cover art for records produced by the ECM jazz label...
(born 1933), an Italian photographer - Gregorio FontanaGregorio FontanaGregorio Fontana was an Italian mathematician. He was chair of mathematics at the university of Pavia succeeding Roger Joseph Boscovich. He has been credited with the introduction of polar coordinates....
(1735–1803), Italian mathematician - Giovanni Battista Fontana (composer)Giovanni Battista Fontana (composer)Giovanni Battista Fontana was an Italian Baroque composer and violinist.He was born in Brescia, and worked there and in Rome and Padua. He died in Padua during a plague....
(c. 1571–1630), an Italian composer and a violinist - Giovanni Battista Fontana (painter)Giovanni Battista Fontana (painter)Giovanni Battista Fontana was an Italian painter and engraver.Fontana's training made use of the paintings of masters such as Titian and Veronese. His artistic output in Austria which is recorded from 1562, included major work on altarpieces, with countless sketches and engravings...
(1524–1587), an Italian painter and engraver - Isabeli FontanaIsabeli Fontana-Early life and discovery:Fontana was born in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. In 1996 she made it to the finals of the Elite Model Look when she was just 13 and in the following year she moved from South of Brazil to Milan, Italy, to start her modelling career.-Career:...
(born 1983), a noted Brazilian model - José de Anchieta FontanaJosé de Anchieta FontanaJosé de Anchieta Fontana was a Brazilian footballer.During his club career he played for:* 1958 Vitoria* 1959–1962 Rio Branco* 1962–1968 Vasco da Gama...
(1940–1980), a Brazilian soccer player/footballer - Julian FontanaJulian FontanaJulian Fontana was a Polish pianist, composer, lawyer, author, translator, and entrepreneur, best remembered as a close friend and musical executor of Frédéric Chopin.-Biography:...
(1810–1869), a Polish pianist and composer - Lavinia FontanaLavinia FontanaLavinia Fontana was an Italian painter.-Biography:Lavinia Fontana was born in Bologna, the daughter of the painter Prospero Fontana, who was a prominent painter of the School of Bologna at the time and served as her teacher...
(1552–1614), an Italian painter - Luciano FontanaLuciano FontanaLuciano Fontana is an Italian ski mountaineer and cross-country skier.- Selected results :* 1991:** 1st, Italian Cross-Country Skiing Championship 15km * 2000:...
(born 1965), Italian ski mountaineer and cross-country skier - Lucio FontanaLucio FontanaLucio Fontana was an Italian painter, sculptor and theorist of Argentine birth. He was mostly known as the founder of Spatialism and his ties to Arte Povera.-Early life:...
(1899–1968), an Argentine modern artist - Niccolo Fontana TartagliaNiccolò Fontana TartagliaNiccolò Fontana Tartaglia was a mathematician, an engineer , a surveyor and a bookkeeper from the then-Republic of Venice...
(1499–1557), an Italian mathematician - Norberto FontanaNorberto FontanaNorberto Edgardo Fontana is an Argentine racing driver. He participated in four Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on June 29, 1997. His opportunity to race came as a result of two separate injuries sustained by regular Sauber driver Gianni Morbidelli during the 1997 season...
(born 1975), an Argentine racing driver - Richard FontanaRichard FontanaRichard Fontana is a free software and open source lawyer in the United States. Fontana served as legal counsel at the Software Freedom Law Center from December 5, 2005 until February 2008...
(birth date unknown), an open source lawyer - Santino FontanaSantino FontanaSantino Fontana is an American stage actor, director, and composer. Fontana graduated Richland High School in Richland, WA in 2000. His Broadway debut was Sunday in the Park with George in 2007. Fontana originated the role of Tony in the Broadway production of Billy Elliot from October 1, 2008 to...
, an American actor - Tom FontanaTom FontanaTom Fontana is an American writer and producer.-TV career:Fontana has been a writer/producer for such series as Oz , The Jury, The Beat, The Bedford Diaries, Homicide: Life on the Street, St...
(born 1951), an American television writer/producer - Wayne FontanaWayne FontanaWayne Fontana is an English pop singer. In 1962, he formed his backing group, the Mindbenders and got a recording contract.-Biography:...
(born 1945), an English singer
Other
- Fontana DistributionFontana DistributionFontana Distribution is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group that was launched in 2004, which deals in distribution, as well as in a range of sales, marketing, and back office support services, for a diverse roster of independent record labels and their artists. The company takes its name and logo...
, a record distribution company - Fontana NorthFontana NorthFontana North is a Canadian record distribution company and represents the Canadian wing of Fontana Distribution. It is a joint venture between Canadian-based MapleCore and US-based Fontana Distribution. The company was established by MapleCore in 2004 as MapleNationwide, and in 2006, it partnered...
, a Canadian record distribution company - Fontana RecordsFontana RecordsFontana Records is a record label which was started in the 1950s as a subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Records; when Philips restructured its music operations it dropped Fontana in favor of Vertigo Records. In the seventies PolyGram acquired the dormant label....
, a record label - "Fontana" is a common name used for California SpeedwayCalifornia SpeedwayAuto Club Speedway is a two-mile , low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since 1997. The track was also used for open wheel racing events until 2005. The racetrack is located near the former locations of Ontario Motor Speedway and...
- Fontana, a typefaceTypefaceIn typography, a typeface is the artistic representation or interpretation of characters; it is the way the type looks. Each type is designed and there are thousands of different typefaces in existence, with new ones being developed constantly....
designed under the direction of Giovanni Mardersteig for Collins Cleartype of Glasgow in the 1930s