Carlo Goldoni, Venetian playwright

Carlo Goldoni est né le 25 février 1707 à Venise. est un auteur dramatique italien, de langues italienne, vénitienne et française. Créateur de la comédie italienne moderne, il s’était exilé en France en 1762 à la suite de différends esthétiques avec ses confrères. Une plaque commémore son souvenir sur la façade de la maison de la rue Dussoubs où il est mort dans la pauvreté le 6 février 1793. The playwright Carlo Goldoni, born 25 February 1707 in Venice,  moved to France in 1762 after 5 years of conflict with his compatriot and rival Gozzi. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays, admired for their ingenious mix of wit and honesty, offering his contemporaries images of themselves, often dramatizing the lives, values, and conflicts of the emerging middle classes. Though he wrote in French and Italian, his plays make rich use of the Venetian language, regional vernacular, and colloquialisms. A plaque can be seen on the house where he died in poverty on 6 February 1793.

Carlo Goldoni | Head of monument to Goldoni by Antonio Dal Zotto, erected in 1883 in Campo San Bortolomìo, Venice.

Plaque: 21, rue Dussoubs
Ici est décédé, pauvre, le 6 février 1793, Charles Goldoni, dit le Molière italien, auteur du "Bourru bienfaisant". Il était né à Venise l'an 1707. Le chocolatier Ange Toffoli, ancien ministre; le commandeur sénateur J. Constantin.   Du 6 au 12 mai 1952, "Arlequin, serviteur de deux maîtres", de Carlo Goldoni, a triomphé à Paris. Le Piccolo Teatro de Milan dédie ce souvenir à Carlo Goldoni, qui mourut dans cette maison.	Carlo Goldoni died here destitute, 6 February 1793. The Italian Moliere, author of Le Bourru Bienfaisant, was born in Venice in 1707. Chocolate maker Ange Toffoli, formerly Cabinet minister; Senator Commendatore L. Constantin.   From 6 to 12 May 1952, "Servant of Two Master" by Goldoni was a huge success in Paris. The  Piccolo Teatro of Milan dedicated this plaque to Carlo Goldoni, who died in this house.

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Dalida, pop singer

Dalida, née Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, née le 17 janvier 1933 au Caire, en Égypte, et morte le 3 mai 1987 à Paris, est une chanteuse et actrice. D’une famille d'origine italienne, elle a surtout chanté et joué en français mais aussi en italien, en arabe égyptien, en anglais, en espagnol et en allemand. Dalida (17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), born with the Italian name Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was a famous singer and actress born in Egypt to Italian (Calabrian) parents but naturalised French with the name Yolanda Gigliotti. She spent her early years in Egypt amongst the Italian Egyptian community, but she lived most of her adult life in France. She received 55 gold records and was the first singer to receive a diamond disc. Dalida performed and recorded in more than 10 languages including: French, Arabic, Italian, Greek, German, English, Japanese, Hebrew, Dutch and Spanish.   Renowned for the changes she wrought to the French and global music industry with her powerful and colourful performances, she is today still remembered by aficionados throughout the world. A 30-year career (she debuted in 1956 and recorded her last album in 1986, a few months before her death) and her death led to an iconic image as a tragic diva and renowned singer.

Dalida | Buste par Aslan, place Dalida à Montmartre.

Plaque: rue d'Orchampt
Dalida a vécu dans cette maison de 1962 à 1987. Ses amis montmartrois ne l'oublieront jamais.	Dalida lived in this house, 1962-1987. Her friends in Montmatre will never forget her.

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Ruder Josip Boškovic

Ruder Josip Boškovic (18 mai 1711, Raguse - 13 février 1787, Milan), est un jésuite dalmate qui était mathématicien, physicien, astronome, poète et philosophe. Il était citoyen de République de Raguse (aujourd'hui Dubrovnik, Croatie). Astronome, fondateur de l'atomisme moderne, natif de Dubrovnik, croate de naissance, français d'adoption, il a travaillé à Paris de 1775 à 1777. Ruder Josip Boškovic (18 May 1711 – 13 February 1787) was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, Jesuit, and a polymath from the city of Dubrovnik in the Republic of Ragusa (today Croatia), who studied and lived in Italy and France where he also published many of his works. He is famous for his atomic theory and made many important contributions to astronomy, including the first geometric procedure for determining the equator of a rotating planet from three observations of a surface feature and for computing the orbit of a planet from three observations of its position. In 1753 he also discovered the absence of atmosphere on the Moon.

Plaque: 2, rue de Seine Dans cette maison a vécu et travaillé de 1775 à 1777 Roger Joseph Boscovich philosophe, mathématicien et astronome fondateur de l'atomisme moderne natif de Dubrovnik croate de naissance, français d'adoption U ovoj je kuci zivio i radio od 1775 do 1777 Rugjer Josip Boscovic In this house Roger Joseph Boscovich lived and worked 1775 – 1777 philosopher, mathamatician and astronomer creator of the modern atom theory born in Dubrovnik Croatian by birth, French by choice U ovoj je kuci zivio i radio od 1775 do 1777 Rugjer Josip Boscovic

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