Example sentences for: francesco

How can you use “francesco” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The massive brick fortress, the Castello Sforzesco, northwest of the city center, was originally built by the Visconti and later rebuilt in its present form in the 15th century by Duke Francesco Sforza.

  • Schettino , for instance, can be a diminutive of Francesco ; but it also translates as careless.

  • The basilica of San Francesco is in fact two churches, one above the other, built on top of the saint’s simple tomb in the crypt.

  • Next to the church of San Francesco, in a building of 1780, is the tomb of Dante, who died here, in exile, in 1321, with a fellow poet’s epitaph: “Here I lie buried, Dante, exiled from my birthplace, son of Florence, that loveless mother. ”

  • But, to the inherent music of their language (would Rigoletto sound the same if we knew Giuseppe Verdi as Joseph Green?), the Italians added something more--a game of phonetic theme and variation seemingly unmatched in other countries, a game whose wild rules allow Francesco to become Frances-chielli or Francescuzzi, Cesco or Schetti, Cicco or Zotti, Cicconetti or Ciccarelli .


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