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Villa, Francisco

(Encyclopedia)Villa, Francisco fränsēsˈkō vēˈyä [key], c.1877–1923, Mexican revolutionary, nicknamed Pancho Villa. His real name was Doroteo Arango. When Villa came of age, he declared his freedom from the...

villa

(Encyclopedia)villa. Although used to designate any country residence, especially in Italy and S France, the term villa particularly refers to a type of pleasure residence with extensive grounds favored by the Roma...

Madero, Francisco Indalecio

(Encyclopedia)Madero, Francisco Indalecio fränsēˈskō ēndälāˈsyō mäᵺāˈrō [key], 1873–1913, Mexican statesman and president (1911–13). A champion of democracy and social reform, he established vari...

Borghese Villa

(Encyclopedia)Borghese Villa vēlˈlä o͞ombĕrˈtō prēˈmō [key], summer palace built by Scipione Cardinal Borghese outside the Porta del Popolo, Rome. Begun in 1605, the villa was transformed in the 18th cent...

Villa Park

(Encyclopedia)Villa Park, village (1990 pop. 22,253), Du Page co., NE Ill.; inc. 1914. It is a residential suburb W of Chicago.

Villa Umberto I

(Encyclopedia)Villa Umberto I: see Borghese Villa. ...

Villa d'Este

(Encyclopedia)Villa d'Este vēˈlä dĕˈstā [key], name of two famous villas in Italy. One lies near Tivoli, c.20 mi (30 km) E of Rome. Built in 1550 by Pirro Ligorio for Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este, it is decora...

Villa Doria Pamphili

(Encyclopedia)Villa Doria Pamphili vēlˈlä dôˈryä pämˈfēlē [key], Roman villa, built in the 17th cent. for Camillo Pamphili, nephew of Pope Innocent X, from plans designed by Alessandro Algardi. It was sit...

Villa-Lobos, Heitor

(Encyclopedia)Villa-Lobos, Heitor āˈtôr vēˈlä-lôˈbôs [key], 1887–1959, Brazilian composer, educated in Brazil but self-taught in composition. He developed an interest in Brazilian folk music, which becam...

Hidalgo del Parral

(Encyclopedia)Hidalgo del Parral ēᵺälˈgō dĕl pärälˈ [key] or Parral, city, Chihuahua stat...