Macerata
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Macerata is a city and comune in central Italy, the county seat of the province of Macerata in the Marche region. It has a population of about 41,564.
Panorama Centro Macerata
Panoramic view of Macerata
The great hall of the University of Macerata.
Madonna with Child by Carlo Crivelli (1470), Pinacoteca di Macerata
Matteo Ricci
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Matteo Ricci was an Italian Jesuit who served in the court of Ming dynasty China and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China missions. He created the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, a 1602 world map writ
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…Ivo Pannaggi, Futurist painter and Bauhaus architect, was born and died in Macerata (1901–81). A high school in town was dedicated in his name. Matteo Ricci (1552–1610), Jesuit and the first European to enter the Forbidden City in the Chinese capital. Giuseppe Tucci (1894–1984), scholar of oriental cultures…
Chinese portrait of Ricci from 1610
The statue of Ricci in downtown Macao, unveiled on 7 August 2010, the anniversary of his arrival on the island
Matteo Ricci's way from Macau to Beijing
Matteo Ricci Museum in Zhaoqing located on the site of the Catholic Church he helped found called Xianhua Temple (仙花寺)