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  Lodi, Italy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lodi is a town in Lombardy, Italy, on the right shore of the river Adda.
It is the capital of the province of Lodi.
Lodi was ruled by the Visconti family, who built a castle.
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 Lodi, Italy: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Lodi, Italy
It was a celtic village that in roman times was called in latin Laus Pompeia (probably in honor of the consul Gneus Pompeus Strabo[?]) and was known also because its position allowed many Gauls of Gallia Cisalpina to obtain the roman citizenship.
In 1423, the antipope Antipope John XXIII, from Lodi's Duomo, launched his bolla by which he was calling the Council of Constance (end of the Great Schism).
In 1454 representatives from all the regional states of Italy met in Lodi to sign the treaty known as the peace of Lodi, by which they intended to work in the direction of an italian unification (but this peace lasted only 40 years).
www.encyclopedian.com /lo/Lodi,-Italy.html   (338 words)

  
 Peace process   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The peace process describes efforts by interested parties to effect a lasting solution to long-running conflicts, such as in Northern Ireland, see Belfast Agreement, Arab-Israeli conflict and Peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Many groups and individuals have created projects working for peace among Israelis and Arabs, most of which have as one of their goals overcoming religious prejudice.
The term "peace process" as it is generally used, (referring to Middle East conflicts), the neutrality of parties who may use the term is often suspect.
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 Our Lady of Peace
She is represented in art holding a dove and an olive branch, symbols of peace.
Our Lady of Peace is the patroness of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary religious order, founded by Peter Coudrin in Paris during the French Revolution.
The original is a wooden carving located at a convent of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in France.
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 Lodi
Lodi, tied its origins to the destruction of the Roman Laus Pompeia.
In the famous battle of the Bridge of Lodi, the 10th of May 1796, Napoleon defeated the Austrian marshal Beaulieu, and this opened the way to the conquest of Milan.
Lodi is also birthplace of a few illustrious personages, among that the humanist Maffeo Vegio and the Poet Ada Negri.
www.italia-doc.it /lodien.htm   (216 words)

  
 VENETO.ORG
With the peace of Passarowitz, of 21 July 1718, Austria, the conquering power, made large territorial gains, but Venice lost the Morea, for which her small gains in Albania and Dalmatia were little compensation.
Nevertheless the peace envisaged the continued survival of the Venetian state, although confined to the city and the lagoon, perhaps with compensation at the expense of the papal states.
The preliminaries of the peace of Leoben were made even harsher in the FrancoAustrian treaty of Campoformido, and Venice and all her possessions became Austrian.
www.veneto.org /history/serenissima3.htm   (5514 words)

  
 Table of contents for Peace treaties and international law in European history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Peace treaties from Lodi to Westphalia Randall Lesaffer 3.
Peace treaties, bonne foi and European civility in the Enlightenment Marc Be;lissa 12.
The ius foederis re-examined: The Peace of Westphalia and the Constitution of the Holy Roman Empire Ronald G. Asch 16.
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 History of Lodi New York
The History of Lodi, NY Lodi was a home to the Seneca Indians for a long time.
The Latin scholars who surveyed Lodi after the Revolutionary war, named it after Lodi in Italy which was a fortress with high banks.
Lodi, long known for being fertile land has supported several wineries, farms and orchards which are all happy to share the fruits of their labor with visitors to Lodi.
www.winecountrycabins.com /lodi-ny/history.htm   (190 words)

  
 Lodi terrorism investigation - sacbee.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Two Lodi men charged in Sacramento federal court with lying about their alleged connections to terrorist training in Pakistan are once again seeking release on bail pending trial.
Defense attorneys for two Lodi men charged with lying about their terrorist ties lost their bid for a speedy trial when a Sacramento federal judge Friday ruled that the Aug. 23 trial date posed an unreasonable deadline for prosecutors to gather and process all the information the defense had requested.
Before an FBI terrorism investigation sparked the anger and fear of the Lodi Pakistani Muslim community, a rift over plans for a school led by an imam who is now under federal arrest divided the community of about 700.
www.sacbee.com /content/news/ongoing/investigation   (1602 words)

  
 Lodi, Italy -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
For other places called Lodi, see (Click link for more info and facts about Lodi) Lodi.
It is the capital of the (Click link for more info and facts about province of Lodi) province of Lodi.
Lodi was ruled by the (Italian filmmaker (1906-1976)) Visconti family, who built a (A large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack) castle.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/L/Lo/Lodi,_Italy.htm   (234 words)

  
 Lodi, Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In 1454 representatives from all the regional states of Italy met in Lodi to sign thetreaty known as the peace of Lodi, by which they intended towork in the direction of Italian unification, but this peacelasted only 40 years.
On May 10, 1796 : Battle of Lodi : the young Corsican general Napoleon Bonaparte won on the river Adda his firstimportant battle, defeating the Austrians and later entering Milan.
In 1945, the italian petrol company Agip, directed by Enrico Mattei, started extracting methane from its fields, andLodi was the first italian town with a regular domestic gas service.
www.therfcc.org /lodi,-italy-66526.html   (325 words)

  
 Peace Presbyterian Church | Peace Preschool
Peace Preschool is a ministry of Peace Presbyterian Church.
Peace Preschool is looking for a part time teacher’s assistant for Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Peace is also looking for qualified substitutes for the upcoming school year.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Diocese of Lodi
Lodi, the capital of a district in the Province of Milan, and situated on the right bank of the Adda, is an important commercial centre for silk, wool, majolica ware, and works in cement.
About four miles distant is Lodi Vecchia, the ancient Laus Pompeia, at first a city of the Gauls, and later colonized by the father of Pompey.
In 1454 the peace between Milan, Venice, and Florence was confirmed at Lodi.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/09322b.htm   (506 words)

  
 homework2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Until 1434, Florence was a republic, but then the Medici Family took over and ruled Florence until 1494 in a "benevolent despotism." The Medici kept the constitution and the republican committees intact, like the main forum, the Signoria, but really ruled everything behind the scenes.
As the Peace of Lodi fell apart in 1494, Italy and Florence were invaded by France.
The French Invasion caused the Medici dynasty to collapse in Florence.
www.d.umn.edu /~aroos/homework2.htm   (616 words)

  
 Popes
He restored peace in the papal states, not by mercenary armies, which he disbanded, but by strategically situated castles entrusted to carefully chosen governors.
He allowed the town of Palestrina, destroyed by his predecessor, to be rebuilt; pacified Bologna by granting it virtual independence; won the allegiance of Poland by concessions; and, by promising coronation as Holy Roman emperor to Frederick III, gained the support of Austria.
In order to give peace to Italy by preserving the status quo and to organize a crusade against the Turks, he initiated the Peace of Lodi among Venice, Milan, Florence, and Naples and solemnly ratified it on Feb. 25, 1455.
gallery.euroweb.hu /database/glossary/popes/nicolas5.html   (925 words)

  
 The DDT Digest Online Guide to Lodi and Lodi Signs
Lodi switched his sign accordingly to "Lodi Rulz." Martel maintained the advantage through the rest of the match and as he attempted his patented Quebec crab, Lodi leaped to the ring apron at 2:58.
Lodi was badgering the WWF because they had been pre-empted one week and were on tape the next.
This also may be another Lodi attempt to exploit the fact that WCW pushed a referee ahead of much of the talent and it would go along with the "Talk about the Flock" sign he held later in the card.
www.ddtdigest.com /features/lodi0002.htm   (5857 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Archdiocese of Milan
The long period of peace was favourable to agriculture (greatly furthered by the Cistercians), also to the wool and the silk industries, in the former of which, throughout Milanese territory, 60,000 men were employed, while the silk industry supported 40,000 persons.
The peace concluded in 1433 was favourable to Venice; but the war broke out again, and continued until the death of Filippo Maria, in 1447, when the Ambrosian Republic was proclaimed (1447-50).
The French had been definitively excluded from the peninsula by the battle of Pavia when Francis II, a brother of Maximilian, became duke, and at his death Charles V took the Duchy of Milan for himself, and bequeathed it to his successors on the Spanish throne.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/10298a.htm   (3536 words)

  
 TABLE OF CONTENTS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Genoese Republic had accepted the lordship of Visconti at a moment of great peril, and was compelled to devote any interval of peace with Venice, not to the increase of her wealth and the augmentation of her fleet, but to efforts for the recovery of that freedom she had surrendered.
The Peace of 1479 marks an epoch in the history of Venetian relations with the East, and indicates a return to her original policy of peaceable dealings, whenever possible, with the Turk.
Venice was forced to sue for peace, but not till she had taken the ruinous step (which other Italian princes took before and after her) of suggesting to the French that they should make good their claims on certain Italian provinces,-Charles VIII his claim on Naples, the Duke of Orleans his claims on Milan.
www.uni-mannheim.de /mateo/camenaref/cmh/cmh108.html   (14735 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search View - Renaissance
A shaky equilibrium resulted, which was given formal recognition by the general Peace of Lodi in 1454.
This agreement is often cited as the first example of that basic principle of modern international relations, the balance of power, in which states use alliances as a means of equalizing political power.
Their success was largely due to their subjects’ longing for peace and order after prolonged civil wars in each country: the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) in France, the Wars of the Roses (1455-1485) in England, and factional struggles among the nobles of Spain in the first half of the 15th century and before.
encarta.msn.com /text_761554186__1/Renaissance.html   (10554 words)

  
 Peace Treaties and International Law in European History -- From the Late Middle Ages to World War One -- Randall ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
An important place is given to the doctrinal debate about peace treaties and the influence of older, Roman and medieval, concepts on modern practices.
This book goes back further in time beyond the epochal Peace Treaties of Westphalia of 1648, and this broader perspective allows for a reassessment of the role of the sovereign state in the modern international legal order.
Peace treaties from Lodi to Westphalia -- Randall Lesaffer
www.frontlist.com /detail/0521827248   (463 words)

  
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Following the posting of the flags and salute by the Lodi Police Honor Guard, the Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Pennino.
She felt it was important in the balance of home sizes throughout Lodi to have some that were 6,500 square feet or greater.
The City of Lodi is one of the taxing entities that receives a portion of that property tax.
www.lodi.gov /city-council/html/body_2002-05-15.htm   (7378 words)

  
 07/05/02 - View from Lodi, CA: A Multicultural Microcosm
During the weekend of June 22-23, the Lodi residents were encouraged to join the “Declaration of Peace” gathering to recognize Abraham as the common figure among Christians, Jews and Muslims.
Another local meeting, the Seerat Conference, at the Lodi Muslim Mosque also discussed Abraham’s role in the three religions.
My ever-shifting position is a logical consequence of my job at the Lodi Adult School where I have students from 20 different countries in my classes.
www.vdare.com /guzzardi/seerat.htm   (826 words)

  
 Lodi, New Jersey Photographers - Wedding, Portrait, Commercial, Event and Other Photography Services
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 List of treaties - Wikipedia
This is a chronological list of international treaties, agreements, peaces, etc..
1516 - Peace of Noyon - Divides Italy between France and Spain.
1859 - Treaty of Zurich - Franco-Austrian armistice (formalized the Peace of Villafranca)
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_treaties   (3161 words)

  
 Message found in pocket of arrested Lodi Al Qaeda 'sleeper' Hamid Hayat read ;" Lord- let us be at their throats ": Ten ...
July 9, 2005 - Lodi, CA - PipeLineNews - The investigation into the Lodi, California terrorist sleeper cell is growing, making the total number under the spotlight 10 as we go to press.
Although the full import of the Lodi, California terror related prosecutions is yet to be determined, at least two of the signatories on that document - who seem to have been exploited by members of the tainted Lodi Mosque and Farooqia Islamic Center - are in full and total denial.
I think the sentiments expressed in the declaration of peace were sincerely held by everyone who signed it.
www.militantislammonitor.org /article/id/766   (2862 words)

  
 FOCUS on ITALY - History
His brother-in-law Murat ascended the throne of Naples; the Kingdom of Italy was expanded with the Trentino and Alto Adige (the latter fiercely defended by Andreas Hofer); and Tuscany and the Papal States were incorporated in the new French Empire (Peace of Schnbrunn, 14 October 1810).
But after a brief interlude, the failure of Napoleon's Russian Campaign and his defeats at Leipzig (1813) and Waterloo (1815), as well as Murat's tragic end (October 1815), brought back to Italy the restoration of the old political and territorial order under the terms of the Congress of Vienna (June 1815).
Under the government led by De Gasperi, the first parliamentary assembly to be freely elected by the people began work on the new Constitutional Charter that was to come into force on 1 January 1948.
www.focusmm.com /italy/ithist_1.htm   (2084 words)

  
 Lodi man with alleged terrorist link took part in post-9/11 peace service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Mohammad Khan, a Lodi Boys and Girls Club employee, added that he is "95 percent" sure the man pictured at the service is Hayat.
Dixon Flynn, who was Lodi's city manager at the time, acknowledged the irony of someone attending a six-month terrorist training camp in Pakistan in 2003 and 2004, yet preaching peace and harmony days after 9/11.
Keith Land, who sat on the Lodi City Council at the time, declined to speculate on the possible irony about Hayat's involvement in the 2001 peace even and perhaps attending a terrorist camp.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1425508/posts   (1326 words)

  
 italian history, italy, history,italian history by Tricolore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
While several years later the king of Sicily, Alfonso d'Aragona, seized the throne of Naples (1442) and the Visconti of Milan were replaced by the Sforza (1448), after the brief interlude of the Repubblica Ambrosiana.
A period of calm, in the agitated political panorama of Renaissance Italy, seemed to be heralded by the Peace of Lodi (1454).
The great Italian states of Milan, Florence, Venice, Rome and Naples agreed to guarantee through the Lega Italica at least forty years of peace and stability.
www.tricolore.net /history5.htm   (603 words)

  
 Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
It marked the beginning of a 40-year period of relative peace, during which power was balanced among the five states that dominated the Italian peninsula—Venice, Milan, Naples, Florence, and the Papal States.
Venice, faced with a threat to its commercial empire by the Ottoman Turks, was eager for peace in Italy.
By the terms of the peace, Sforza was recognized as ruler of Milan, and Venice regained its considerable holdings in northern Italy, including Brescia and Bergamo.
www.britannica.com /ebc/print_toc?tocId=9048728   (328 words)

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