Cava Bomba - Geo-Paleontologico Museum in Padua - Discover Italy
The Cava Bomba furnace, located at the foot of Mount Cinto, is one of the most significant examples of regional industrial archeology. The complex, as we see it today, is in fact, the result of technical and economic events that have occurred since the end of the nineteenth century to today. It appears as an agglomeration of buildings, originally used as a stable for donkeys, housing for workers, arehouses for lime and storage for coal, among which stand out ovens for the cooking of limestone that was transformed into lime or hydraulic lime. The mining activity and the lime production in the Cava Bomba plant continued until 1974 when, following the discovery of an important fossil deposit in the quarry, it was decided to transform it into a geopaleontological museum.
The museum was opened to the public in 1987 and over the years has been enriched with new sections and routes, even in outdoor spaces. In addition to the internal environments dedicated to the geology and palaeontology of the Euganean Hills (fossils), to the minerals and to the historical collection of Count Nicolò da Rio, the Giradi collection of work tools in quarries and in the former quarry is on display in the inner courtyard. limestone has recently been set up a geological path that collects large samples of rocks of the Euganean Hills (trachyte, latite, calcite, rhyolite) and some models of dinosaurs in natural size (allosaurus, apatosaurus, etc.).
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00:00:34 1 Africa
00:00:42 1.1 Algeria
00:00:56 1.2 Angola
00:01:12 1.3 Botswana
00:01:24 1.4 Canary Islands
00:01:44 1.5 Egypt
00:02:00 1.6 Ethiopia
00:02:14 1.7 Kenya
00:02:28 1.8 Mozambique
00:02:41 1.9 Namibia
00:02:56 1.10 South Africa
00:03:58 1.11 Sudan
00:04:10 1.12 Tanzania
00:04:24 1.13 Tunisia
00:04:36 1.14 Uganda
00:05:04 1.15 Zimbabwe
00:05:17 2 Asia
00:05:26 2.1 China
00:06:38 2.2 India
00:07:26 2.3 Indonesia
00:07:39 2.4 Iran
00:08:23 2.5 Iraq
00:08:35 2.6 Israel
00:09:03 2.7 Japan
00:11:35 2.8 Jordan
00:11:46 2.9 Kyrgyzstan
00:11:59 2.10 Malaysia
00:12:14 2.11 Mongolia
00:12:32 2.12 Oman
00:12:44 2.13 Pakistan
00:12:56 2.14 Philippines
00:13:16 2.15 Qatar
00:13:28 2.16 Singapore
00:13:42 2.17 South Korea
00:14:04 2.18 Taiwan
00:14:34 2.19 Thailand
00:17:35 2.20 United Arab Emirates
00:17:48 2.21 Uzbekistan
00:18:00 2.22 Vietnam
00:18:16 3 Central America
00:18:25 3.1 Belize
00:18:38 3.2 Costa Rica
00:19:16 3.3 Dominican Republic
00:19:37 3.4 Grenada
00:19:48 3.5 Guatemala
00:20:19 3.6 Honduras
00:20:31 3.7 Nicaragua
00:21:26 3.8 Panama
00:22:24 4 Europe
00:22:33 4.1 Albania
00:22:45 4.2 Armenia
00:23:00 4.3 Austria
00:24:49 4.4 Azerbaijan
00:25:12 4.5 Belarus
00:25:29 4.6 Belgium
00:25:46 4.7 Bosnia and Herzegovina
00:26:00 4.8 Bulgaria
00:26:50 4.9 Croatia
00:27:50 4.10 Czech Republic
00:28:09 4.11 Denmark
00:28:35 4.12 Estonia
00:28:52 4.13 Finland
00:29:23 4.14 France
00:31:21 4.15 Georgia
00:31:44 4.16 Germany
00:35:08 4.17 Greece
00:35:45 4.18 Greenland
00:35:57 4.19 Hungary
00:37:14 4.20 Iceland
00:37:27 4.21 Ireland
00:37:52 4.22 Italy
00:40:51 4.23 Latvia
00:41:03 4.24 Liechtenstein
00:41:15 4.25 Lithuania
00:41:32 4.26 Luxembourg
00:41:45 4.27 Macedonia
00:41:58 4.28 Malta
00:42:11 4.29 Moldova
00:42:24 4.30 Monaco
00:42:36 4.31 Montenegro
00:42:50 4.32 The Netherlands
00:43:58 4.33 Norway
00:44:27 4.34 Poland
00:45:00 4.35 Portugal
00:46:21 4.36 Romania
00:49:15 4.37 Russia
00:50:21 4.38 Serbia
00:50:43 4.39 Slovenia
00:50:58 4.40 Slovakia
00:51:14 4.41 Spain
00:52:53 4.42 Sweden
00:53:55 4.43 Switzerland
00:54:57 4.44 Turkey
00:55:17 4.45 Ukraine
00:56:09 4.46 United Kingdom
00:56:18 4.46.1 England
00:57:49 4.46.2 Scotland
00:58:23 4.46.3 Wales
00:58:37 4.46.4 Northern Ireland
00:58:48 5 North America
00:58:57 5.1 Bermuda
00:59:10 5.2 Canada
00:59:18 5.2.1 Alberta
00:59:41 5.2.2 British Columbia
01:00:11 5.2.3 Manitoba
01:00:51 5.2.4 New Brunswick
01:01:02 5.2.5 Newfoundland
01:01:17 5.2.6 Nova Scotia
01:01:34 5.2.7 Ontario
01:02:04 5.2.8 Quebec
01:02:43 5.2.9 Saskatchewan
01:03:13 5.2.10 Yukon
01:03:30 5.3 Mexico
01:04:34 5.4 United States
01:04:43 6 Oceania
01:04:52 6.1 Australia
01:07:01 6.2 Indonesia
01:08:29 6.3 New Zealand
01:09:02 7 South America
01:09:11 7.1 Argentina
01:13:12 7.2 Bolivia
01:13:41 7.3 Brazil
01:15:04 7.4 Chile
01:15:29 7.5 Colombia
01:16:06 7.6 Ecuador
01:16:20 7.7 Guyana
01:16:32 7.8 Paraguay
01:16:45 7.9 Peru
01:17:04 7.10 Trinidad and Tobago
01:17:21 7.11 Uruguay
01:17:40 7.12 Venezuela
01:18:49 8 See also
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This is a list of natural history museums, also known as museums of natural history, i.e. museums whose exhibits focus on the subject of natural history, including such topics as animals, plants, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, and climatology.
Some museums feature natural-history collections in addition to other collections, such as ones related to history, art and science. In addition, nature centers often include natural-history exhibits.
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Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci , more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian Renaissance polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. He has been variously called the father of palaeontology, ichnology, and architecture, and is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time. Sometimes credited with the inventions of the parachute, helicopter and tank, he epitomised the Renaissance humanist ideal. Many historians and scholars regard Leonardo as the prime exemplar of the Universal Genius or Renaissance Man, an individual of unquenchable curiosity and feverishly inventive imagination, and he is widely considered one of the most diversely talented individuals ever to have lived. According to art historian Helen Gardner, the scope and depth of his interests were without precedent i...
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Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (Italian: [leoˈnardo di ˌsɛr ˈpjɛːro da (v)ˈvintʃi] (listen); 15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519), more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance, whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. He has been variously called the father of palaeontology, ichnology, and architecture, and is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time. Sometimes credited with the inventions of the parachute, helicopter and tank, he epitomised the Renaissance humanist ideal.
Many historians and scholars regard Leonardo as the prime exemplar of the Universal Genius or Renaissance Man, an individual of unquenchable curiosity and feverishly inventive imagination, and he is widely considered one of the most diversely talented individuals ever to have lived. According to art historian Helen Gardner, the scope and depth of his interests were without precedent in recorded history, and his mind and personality seem to us superhuman, while the man himself mysterious and remote. Marco Rosci notes that while there is much speculation regarding his life and personality, his view of the world was logical rather than mysterious, and that the empirical methods he employed were unorthodox for his time.Born out of wedlock to a notary, Piero da Vinci, and a peasant woman, Caterina, in Vinci in the region of Florence, Leonardo was educated in the studio of the renowned Florentine painter Andrea del Verrocchio. Much of his earlier working life was spent in the service of Ludovico il Moro in Milan. He later worked in Rome, Bologna and Venice, and he spent his last years in France at the home awarded to him by Francis I of France.
Leonardo was, and is, renowned primarily as a painter. Among his works, the Mona Lisa is the most famous and most parodied portrait and The Last Supper the most reproduced religious painting of all time. Leonardo's drawing of the Vitruvian Man is also regarded as a cultural icon, being reproduced on items as varied as the euro coin, textbooks, and T-shirts.
A painting by Leonardo, Salvator Mundi, sold for a world record $450.3 million at a Christie's auction in New York, 15 November 2017, the highest price ever paid for a work of art. Perhaps fifteen of his paintings have survived. Nevertheless, these few works, together with his notebooks, which contain drawings, scientific diagrams, and his thoughts on the nature of painting, compose a contribution to later generations of artists rivalled only by that of his contemporary, Michelangelo.
Leonardo is revered for his technological ingenuity. He conceptualised flying machines, a type of armoured fighting vehicle, concentrated solar power, an adding machine, and the double hull. Relatively few of his designs were constructed or even feasible during his lifetime, as the modern scientific approaches to metallurgy and engineering were only in their infancy during the Renaissance. Some of his smaller inventions, however, such as an automated bobbin winder and a machine for testing the tensile strength of wire, entered the world of manufacturing unheralded. A number of Leonardo's most practical inventions are nowadays displayed as working models at the Museum of Vinci. He made substantial discoveries in anatomy, civil engineering, geology, optics, and hydrodynamics, but he did not publish his findings and they had no direct influence on later science.
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00:03:43 1 Conflict between science and the church
00:06:22 2 Some leading Catholic scientists
00:07:48 3 Definitions of science
00:08:40 4 History
00:08:49 4.1 Early Middle Ages
00:11:25 4.2 Later Middle Ages
00:11:34 4.2.1 Foundation of universities
00:13:02 4.2.2 Condemnations of 1210-1277
00:14:04 4.2.3 Mathematics, engineering and architecture
00:14:47 4.3 Roman Inquisition
00:15:37 4.3.1 View of Outsiders
00:16:16 4.3.2 Inquisition Tactics and Practices
00:17:13 4.3.3 The Fall of the Inquisition
00:17:46 4.4 Development of Modern Science
00:17:56 4.4.1 Geology
00:19:26 4.4.2 Astronomy
00:20:45 4.4.2.1 Copernicus
00:23:26 4.4.2.2 Galileo Galilei
00:32:35 4.4.2.3 Modern view on Galileo
00:35:10 4.4.2.4 Modern astronomers
00:36:15 4.4.3 Gessner
00:37:05 4.4.4 Evolution
00:42:46 4.4.5 Genetics
00:44:53 4.4.6 Big Bang Theory for early development of the universe
00:46:05 4.5 Sponsorship of scientific research
00:48:58 4.5.1 Medicine
00:52:37 5 Jesuits
00:54:25 5.1 Jesuits in China
00:55:28 5.2 Christopher Clavius
00:56:32 5.3 Athanasius Kircher
00:57:51 5.4 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
00:58:51 5.5 Pietro Angelo Secchi
00:59:31 5.6 Jesuit Observatories
01:00:54 5.6.1 Pontifical Academy of Sciences
01:02:15 5.6.2 Vatican Observatory
01:03:28 6 Current Church doctrine
01:05:00 6.1 Providentissimus Deus
01:07:27 6.2 Humani generis
01:08:20 6.3 Fides et Ratio
01:10:38 7 Ethics and science
01:11:17 8 Church and science as complementary
01:11:53 9 Conflict thesis and drastic revision
01:14:07 10 See also
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The relationship between the Catholic Church and science is a widely debated subject. Historically, the Catholic Church has often been a patron of sciences. It has been prolific in the foundation of schools, universities and hospitals, and many clergy have been active in the sciences. Historians of science such as Pierre Duhem credit medieval Catholic mathematicians and philosophers such as John Buridan, Nicole Oresme, and Roger Bacon as the founders of modern science. Duhem found the mechanics and physics, of which modern times are justifiably proud, to proceed by an uninterrupted series of scarcely perceptible improvements from doctrines professed in the heart of the medieval schools. Yet, the conflict thesis and other critiques emphasize historical or contemporary conflict between the Catholic Church and science, citing in particular the trial of Galileo as evidence. For its part, the Catholic Church teaches that science and the Christian faith are complementary, as can be seen from the Catechism of the Catholic Church which states in regards to faith and science:
Though faith is above reason, there can never be any real discrepancy between faith and reason. Since the same God who reveals mysteries and infuses faith has bestowed the light of reason on the human mind, God cannot deny himself, nor can truth ever contradict truth. ... Consequently, methodical research in all branches of knowledge, provided it is carried out in a truly scientific manner and does not override moral laws, can never conflict with the faith, because the things of the world and the things of faith derive from the same God. The humble and persevering investigator of the secrets of nature is being led, as it were, by the hand of God in spite of himself, for it is God, the conserver of all things, who made them what they are.
Catholic scientists, both religious and lay, have led scientific discovery in many fields. From ancient times, Christian emphasis on practical charity gave rise to the development of systematic nursing and hospitals and the Church remains the single largest private provider of medical care and research facilities in the world. Following the Fall of Rome, monast ...
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00:03:42 1 History
00:03:51 1.1 Origin as medieval town
00:05:20 1.2 Capital of reunited Bavaria
00:07:41 1.3 World War I to World War II
00:10:20 1.4 Postwar
00:12:37 2 Geography
00:12:46 2.1 Topography
00:13:39 2.2 Climate
00:15:12 3 Demographics
00:15:48 3.1 Immigration
00:16:49 3.2 Religion
00:17:42 4 Politics
00:18:50 5 Subdivisions
00:19:55 6 Architecture
00:20:25 6.1 Inner city
00:23:08 6.2 Royal avenues and squares
00:25:28 6.3 Other boroughs
00:29:13 6.4 Parks
00:31:16 7 Sports
00:31:25 7.1 Football
00:31:57 7.2 Basketball
00:32:20 7.3 Ice hockey
00:32:33 7.4 Olympics
00:33:12 7.5 Road Running
00:33:37 7.6 Swimming
00:34:18 7.7 River surfing
00:34:55 8 Culture
00:35:04 8.1 Language
00:35:31 8.2 Museums
00:38:16 8.3 Arts and literature
00:48:19 8.4 Markets
00:48:59 8.5 Hofbräuhaus and Oktoberfest
00:50:08 8.6 Culinary specialities
00:50:38 8.7 Beers and breweries
00:53:30 8.8 Circus
00:53:50 8.9 Nightlife
00:58:04 9 Education
00:58:13 9.1 Colleges and universities
01:00:57 9.2 Primary and secondary schools
01:02:27 10 Scientific research institutions
01:02:38 10.1 Max Planck Society
01:03:55 10.2 Fraunhofer Society
01:04:33 10.3 Other research institutes
01:05:03 11 Economy
01:05:54 11.1 Manufacturing
01:07:07 11.2 Finance
01:07:31 11.3 Media
01:08:17 11.4 Top 10 largest companies in Munich (2016)
01:08:28 12 Transport
01:08:45 12.1 Munich International Airport
01:10:06 12.2 Other airports
01:11:05 12.3 München Hauptbahnhof
01:12:42 12.4 Public transportation
01:14:37 12.4.1 Munich Public Transportation Statistics
01:15:21 12.5 Individual transportation
01:16:34 12.6 Cycling
01:17:27 13 Around Munich
01:17:36 13.1 Nearby towns
01:18:11 13.2 Recreation
01:18:43 14 International relations
01:19:24 15 Famous people
01:19:33 15.1 Born in Munich
01:19:42 15.2 Notable residents
01:19:50 16 See also
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Munich (; German: München [ˈmʏnçn̩] (listen); Austro-Bavarian: Minga [ˈmɪŋ(ː)ɐ]) is the capital and most populous city of the second most populous German federal state of Bavaria, and, with a population of around 1.5 million, it is the third-largest city of Germany after Berlin and Hamburg, as well as the 12th-largest city in the European Union. The city's metropolitan region is home to 6 million people. Straddling the banks of the River Isar (a tributary of the Danube) north of the Bavarian Alps, it is the seat of the Bavarian administrative region of Upper Bavaria, while being the most densely populated municipality in Germany (4,500 people per km²). Munich is the second-largest city in the Bavarian dialect area, after the Austrian capital of Vienna.
The city is a major centre of art, technology, finance, publishing, culture, innovation, education, business, and tourism in Germany and Europe and enjoys a very high standard and quality of living, reaching first in Germany and third worldwide according to the 2018 Mercer survey, and being rated the world's most liveable city by the Monocle's Quality of Life Survey 2018. According to the Globalization and World Rankings Research Institute Munich is considered an alpha-world city, as of 2015.The name of the city is derived from the Old/Middle High German term Munichen, meaning by the monks. It derives from the monks of the Benedictine order, who ran a monastery at the place that was later to become the Old Town of Munich; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat of arms. Munich was first mentioned in 1158. Catholic Munich strongly resisted the Reformation and was a political point of divergence during the resulting Thirty Years' War, but remained physically untouched despite an occupation by the Protestant Swedes. Once Bavaria was established as a sovereign kingdom in 1806, it became a major European centre of arts, architecture, culture and science. In 1918, during the German Revolution, the ruling house of Wittelsbach, which had governed Bavaria since 1180, was forced to abdicate in Munich and a short- ...
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Munich (; German: München [ˈmʏnçn̩] (listen); Austro-Bavarian: Minga [ˈmɪŋ(ː)ɐ]) is the capital and most populous city of the second most populous German federal state of Bavaria, and, with a population of around 1.5 million, it is the third-largest city of Germany after Berlin and Hamburg, as well as the 12th-largest city in the European Union. The city's metropolitan region is home to 6 million people. Straddling the banks of the River Isar (a tributary of the Danube) north of the Bavarian Alps, it is the seat of the Bavarian administrative region of Upper Bavaria, while being the most densely populated municipality in Germany (4,500 people per km²). Munich is the second-largest city in the Bavarian dialect area, after the Austrian capital of Vienna.
The city is a major centre of art, technology, finance, publishing, culture, innovation, education, business, and tourism in Germany and Europe and enjoys a very high standard and quality of living, reaching first in Germany and third worldwide according to the 2018 Mercer survey, and being rated the world's most liveable city by the Monocle's Quality of Life Survey 2018. According to the Globalization and World Rankings Research Institute Munich is considered an alpha-world city, as of 2015.The name of the city is derived from the Old/Middle High German term Munichen, meaning by the monks. It derives from the monks of the Benedictine order, who ran a monastery at the place that was later to become the Old Town of Munich; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat of arms. Munich was first mentioned in 1158. Catholic Munich strongly resisted the Reformation and was a political point of divergence during the resulting Thirty Years' War, but remained physically untouched despite an occupation by the Protestant Swedes. Once Bavaria was established as a sovereign kingdom in 1806, it became a major European centre of arts, architecture, culture and science. In 1918, during the German Revolution, the ruling house of Wittelsbach, which had governed Bavaria since 1180, was forced to abdicate in Munich and a short-lived socialist republic was declared.
In the 1920s, Munich became home to several political factions, among them the NSDAP. The first attempt of the Nazi movement to take over the German government in 1923 with the Beer Hall Putsch was stopped by the Bavarian police in Munich with gunfire. After the Nazis' rise to power, Munich was declared their Capital of the Movement. During World War II, Munich was heavily bombed and more than 50% of the entire city and up to 90% of the historic centre were destroyed. After the end of postwar American occupation in 1949, there was a great increase in population and economic power during the years of Wirtschaftswunder, or economic miracle. Unlike many other German cities which were heavily bombed, Munich restored most of its traditional cityscape and hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics. The 1980s brought strong economic growth, high-tech industries and scientific institutions, and population growth. The city is home to major corporations like BMW, Siemens, MAN, Linde, Allianz and MunichRE.
Munich is home to many universities, museums and theatres. Its numerous architectural attractions, sports events, exhibitions and its annual Oktoberfest attract considerable tourism. Munich is one of the most prosperous and fastest growing cities in Germany. It is a top-ranked destination for migration and expatriate location. Munich hosts more than 530,000 people of foreign background, making up 37.7% of its population.