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...Built by Ptolemaic and Roman rulers, keen to associate themselves with the cult of Osiris, it is a surprisingly harmonious blend of Pharaonic and Greco-Roman architecture....
...Their reward was a week-long festival of exhibitions, events, studio visits, talks and, of course, the glossy parties, often in private collectors’ homes, essential to the dolce vita of the international...
...They were partners in a joint venture called Intesa Vita until 2009, when the bank bought Generali’s share for about €700m....
...Generali and Intesa used to have a bancassurance joint venture, called Intesa Vita, but the insurer sold its stake to the bank during the financial crisis in 2009....
...His next film, La Vita in Comune, is set in the fictional village of, ahem, Disperata, or Desperate. It follows two dim-witted gangsters who dream of founding a Salento-based mafia....
...The FT notes that the deal may reflect the influence of Mario Greco, the leading Italian insurance executive who joined ZFS in September and will succeed Mr van der Geijn on his retirement next year....
...activa”, symbolised by the monk’s unfinished, active left hand, against the “vita contemplativa” suggested by his gracefully finished, restful right....
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