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==Albums and tracks==
 
==Albums and tracks==
* ''[[Billy The Mountain]]'': ''"Or if he has a son named [[Pinocchio]], or what?"''.
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* In Frank Zappa's list with influences, printed in the sleeve of ''[[Freak Out!]]'', composer [[Luigi Nono]] is mentioned.
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* On the cover of ''[[We're Only In It For The Money]]'', [[Pope Paul III]] and [[Ginevra de Benci]] can be seen.
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* [[Roy Estrada]] played the Pope on the album ''[[Ahead Of Their Time]]''.
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* ''[[Billy The Mountain]]'': ''"He's just a crazy Italian who drove a red car (...) or if he has a son named [[Pinocchio]], or what?"''.
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* ''[[The Legend Of Cleetus Awreetus-Awrightus & the Grand Wazoo]]'': The liner notes state that [[Uncle Meat]] has ''"a life-size, minutely detailed, historically inacurrate, somewhat perverted illusionary replica of Ancient Rome, or something"''. Cleetus is also an emperor who puts his prisoners on display in an arena. A side character is named Ben-Hur Barret, after the novel and film ''Ben-Hur'', which is also sent in ancient Roman times.  
 
* The line ''"Dominus vobiscum et cum spiritu tuo"'' in ''[[Father O'Blivion]]'' and ''[[The Mammy Nuns]]'' is Latin.
 
* The line ''"Dominus vobiscum et cum spiritu tuo"'' in ''[[Father O'Blivion]]'' and ''[[The Mammy Nuns]]'' is Latin.
 
* [[Alpha Romeo]] is one of the constellations on the back cover of ''[[One Size Fits All]]''.   
 
* [[Alpha Romeo]] is one of the constellations on the back cover of ''[[One Size Fits All]]''.   
 
* ''[[Florentine Pogen]]'': ''"She was the daughter of a Florentine pogen''".
 
* ''[[Florentine Pogen]]'': ''"She was the daughter of a Florentine pogen''".
 
* ''[[Dancin' Fool]]'' and ''[[Stick It Out]]'': ''"Wait a minute, I've got it! You're Italian!"''
 
* ''[[Dancin' Fool]]'' and ''[[Stick It Out]]'': ''"Wait a minute, I've got it! You're Italian!"''
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* [[Pope]] John Paul II can be seen on the back cover of ''[[The Man From Utopia]]'', which also depicts the group's concert in Palermo, Sicily.
 
* ''[[Pinocchio's Furniture]]''
 
* ''[[Pinocchio's Furniture]]''
 
* ''[[Tengo Na Minchia Tanta (The Track)]]''
 
* ''[[Tengo Na Minchia Tanta (The Track)]]''
* [[Dio Fa]]
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* The [[Pope]], [[Leonardo Da Vinci]], [[Benito Mussolini]] and [[Galileo]] are characters in ''[[Dio Fa]]''.
 
* ''[[Questi Cazzi Di Piccioni]]''
 
* ''[[Questi Cazzi Di Piccioni]]''
 
* ''[[This Ain't CNN]]'': One of the languages spoken is Italian.
 
* ''[[This Ain't CNN]]'': One of the languages spoken is Italian.
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* [[82/07/07 Milan Italy Parco Redecesio]] ([[Parco Redecesio]])
 
* [[82/07/07 Milan Italy Parco Redecesio]] ([[Parco Redecesio]])
 
* [[82/07/08 Pistoia Italy Stadio Comunale]]
 
* [[82/07/08 Pistoia Italy Stadio Comunale]]
* [[82/07/14 Palermo Italy Stadio Comunale La Favorita]]
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* [[82/07/14 Palermo Italy Stadio Comunale La Favorita]] (subject of the documentary ''[[Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily]]'')
 
* [[84/10/08 Milan Italy Palazzo Dello Sport, San Siro]]
 
* [[84/10/08 Milan Italy Palazzo Dello Sport, San Siro]]
 
* [[88/06/01 Padua Italy Palasport]]
 
* [[88/06/01 Padua Italy Palasport]]
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==Zappa associates from Italy==
 
==Zappa associates from Italy==
 
* [[Massimo Bassoli]]
 
* [[Massimo Bassoli]]
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* [[Giuseppe Franco]] (born in Calabria, later moved to the US)
 
* [[Tanino Liberatore]]
 
* [[Tanino Liberatore]]
 
* [[Fabio Treves]]
 
* [[Fabio Treves]]
* [[Francis Zappa]] (his father was born in Partinicio, Sicily)
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* [[Francis Zappa]] (born in Partinicio, Sicily)
  
 
==Classical composers, conductors and musicians==
 
==Classical composers, conductors and musicians==
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* [[Caparezza]]
 
* [[Caparezza]]
 
* [[Ivan Cattaneo]]
 
* [[Ivan Cattaneo]]
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* [[PFM]]
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* [[Pipco]]
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* [[Fabio Treves]]
 
* [[Yahozna (The Italian Band)]]
 
* [[Yahozna (The Italian Band)]]
* [[Fabio Treves]]
 
  
 
==Writers, journalists, magazines, books==
 
==Writers, journalists, magazines, books==
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* [[Banco Ambrosiano]]
 
* [[Banco Ambrosiano]]
 
* [[Count Catanti]]
 
* [[Count Catanti]]
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* [[Salvo Cuccia]]
 
* [[Fellini Satyricon]]
 
* [[Fellini Satyricon]]
 
* [[Italian Extraction]]
 
* [[Italian Extraction]]

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