Talk:Viterbo

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Contents 1 Miscellaneous changes 2 External links 3 Supposed Etruscan origins 4 Henry of Cornwall

[edit] Miscellaneous changes

The papal palace is locally known as the Palazzo dei Papi (correct spelling, and "popes" in the plural). A coat of arms is a full escutcheon, and even, more properly, with its supporters: the isolated emblems are referred to as "badges" in heraldry. "Palazzi" there are indeed in town, but the word in Italian means any largish mansion (in modern speech, it has come to mean large office buildings, too), and almost any Italian town of any size has palazzi, so this isn't very useful or informative. The medieval fabric of Viterbo, on the other hand, is quite distinctive.

This article is really a sort of stub; it's not very good.... Bill 22:05, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] External links

It's understood that all the links will be about Viterbo, so I've identified them by source, instead. The SYA link as given led to the main page, I fixed it to send you to the Viterbo page. The "Virtual Tour" link was a bit misleading in the opposite direction, it's now identified as being part of the official site. Bill 10:28, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Supposed Etruscan origins

What I wrote about Annio and his forgeries being at the root of the boosterism about "Etruscan" Viterbo is absolutely true; if you're going to revert it, you should at least say why. Better yet, look up the question and stay away from asserting things as truth.... There are a fair number of things that "everybody knows" that are unfortunately not so! Bill 17:43, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Henry of Cornwall

This says Henry of Cornwall is Richard I's son, but he didn't have any children...Earl of Cornwall lists a Henry in that time period but it doesn't say who his father was. Adam Bishop 02:08, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Fixed. Henry of Almain was the son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, titular German King. He had gone out with his cousin, Prince Edward to join the Eighth Crusade, only to find it already over. He was returning overland through Italy with the French army and stopped in Viterbo; Guy the younger was a lieutenant of Charles I of Sicily at the time, and saw his opportunity for revenge. Choess 05:48, 6 July 2006 (UTC)