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Via Condotti (officially Via dei Condotti) is a busy and fashionable street of Rome, Italy. In Roman times it was one of the streets that crossed the ancient Via Flaminia and enabled people who crossed the Tiber to reach the Pincio hill. It begins at the Spanish steps and is named after conduits or channels which carried water to the Baths of Agrippa. Today, it is the main street in Rome-based Italian fashion, equivalent to Milan's Via Montenapoleone, Paris' Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, Florence's Via de' Tornabuoni or London's Bond Street.

Caffé Greco (or Antico Caffé Greco), perhaps the most famous café in Rome was established at Via dei Condotti 84 in 1760, and attracted figures such as Stendhal, Goethe, Byron, Liszt and Keats to have coffee there . Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of radio, lived at Via dei Condotti 11, until his death in 1937.

Being near the Spanish steps the street is visited by large numbers of tourists. In 1989, the fashion designer Valentino went to court and attempted to stop McDonald's from opening near the Spanish steps, complaining of "noise and disgusting odours" in the vicinity of Via Condotti . But to the dismay of some Romans, McDonalds did open there .

Via Condotti is a center of fashion shopping in Rome, dating back to the of Bulgari which opened in 1905. Now, in addition to Valentino, other designers such as Armani, Hermès, Cartier, Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Gucci, Prada, Dolce & Gabbana and Salvatore Ferragamo all have stores on Via Condotti . Others such as Laura Biagiotti have their offices there..

Monuments and sights of interest

Going along the stylish street and near the Piazza di Spagna and Largo Goldoni, there are several monuments of touristic, historical or monumental interest.

Chiesa della Santissima Trinità degli Spagnoli (18th century)

Palazzo degli Ansellini (19th century)

Palazzo Della Porta Negroni Caffarelli (19th century)

Palazzo Avogadri Neri (17th century)

Palazzo di Malta (18th century)

Palazzo Megalotti (18th century)

Antico Caffè Greco (18th century)

Palazzo Maruscelli Lepri (17th century)

Other

The street is close and serviced by the Rome Metro station Spagna, first opened in 1980. Via dei Condotti is a pedestrian

References

Category:Shopping districts and streets in Rome

Name	Spagna
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Ivana Spagna
Born	December 16, 1956
Origin	Verona, Italy
Instruments	Vocals, piano, keyboard
Genre	Pop Rock
Occupation(s)	singer-songwriter
Years active	1986 - present
Label	Groove Srl (2009-present) / Edel Music (2009) / Nar International (2005-2008) / B&G; (2002-2004) / CBS, then Sony Music (1986-2001)
Url	Official Spagna Site

Spagna (born Ivana Spagna, 16 December 1956, Verona, Italy) is an Italian singer and songwriter.

Career

She started her career singing in English and in the early 1980s she provided vocals (with Angela Parisi) and wrote songs for an Italo Disco duo project called Fun Fun; as well as writing songs for many other dance music projects until 1986, when she embarked on a solo career.

Her first dance song "Easy Lady" (1986) was a hit throughout Europe. In 1987 she released her third hit, "Call Me". The single made no.1 in the European Chart, and reached no.2 in Italy and in the UK Singles Chart. It also made no.13 in the U.S. Billboard Dance Chart.

Her first album, Dedicated To The Moon, was released the same year and sold over 500,000 copies.

After the minor UK hit "Every Girl And Boy" and a dance-rock album, You Are My Energy (1988), Spagna moved to Santa Monica, California, and created her new pop album No Way Out (1991). This album featured a song written by Diane Warren ("There's A Love"), the two singles "Love At First Sight" and "Only Words", peaked at #5 on the Italian chart, and was certified Platinum (over 100.000 copies sold).

In 1993, Spagna moved back to Europe, and recorded Matter Of Time, featuring the two successful eurodance singles "Why Me" (#10 in Italy) and "I Always Dream About You" (#5 in Italy).

In 1995, after the release of her last dance hit ("Lady Madonna", #4 in Italy), she started singing in her native Italian. After achieving a great success in Italy with the Italian version of Elton John's Circle of Life (Il cerchio della vita), featured in the Italian soundtrack of the Disney film The Lion King, she took part in the Sanremo Festival, the most important Italian song contest, ranking 3rd in 1995 with the song "Gente Come Noi". Her first album in Italian, Siamo in due, sold over 350.000 copies and became the best-selling album by a female singer in Italy that year.

From that year onwards, Spagna released many successful albums sung in Italian (including hit singles such as "Siamo in due", "E io penso a te", "Lupi solitari", "Indivisibili", "Dov'eri", "Il bello della vita-World Cup Song", "Con il tuo nome") until 2003, when she left Sony Music in order to sing in English again. She signed to an independent Swiss record label (B&G;), and recorded Woman, a dance-pop album featuring eight new songs in English, two in Spanish and one in French. The album spawned the three singles Never Say You Love Me, Woman and Do It With Style. In 2004 a new remixed version of "Easy Lady" was released. In 2009 a new remix of "Easy Lady" again, produced with DJ Nicola Fasano.

Spagna's albums and singles have sold a total of over 10 millions copies worldwide, for which she has been awarded the "Disco d'oro alla carriera" (Gold certification for the career) by the Italian Federation of the Music Industry (FIMI) in 2006.

In February 2006 she took part in the Sanremo Festival again, with the song Noi Non Possiamo Cambiare, and in May 2006 ranked third in the Italian reality television program, Music Farm.

In February 2009 the new EP Lola & Angiolina Project, in collaboration with the Italian rockstar Loredana Berté, was released: the first single has been the rock ballad Comunque vada.

In 2010, Dedicated To The Moon was re-released on Cherry Pop Records.

Discography

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Dedicated To The Moon (1987, English)

#Call Me #Sarah #Dedicated To The Moon #So Easy #The Power Of Money #Easy Lady #Dance Dance Dance #Why Can't I Say (I Love You Babe) #Baby Blue #Girl It's Not The End Of The World

You Are My Energy (1988, English)

#I Wanna Be Your Wife #This Generation (IIII) #Let Me (Say I Love You) #Friday #Me And You #You Are My Energy #Why Don't We Talk Anymore? #Every Girl & Boy #Don't Call It Love #Woman In Love #March 10, 1959 (Memories Of The Taste Of Freedom)

No Way Out (1991, English)

#Only Words #You Break Into My Heart #No Way Out #Love At First Sight #Me And My Love #I Don't Wanna Fall In Love #There's A Love #Number One #I Miss You #I Only Dance With You

Spagna & Spagna: Greatest Hits (1993, English - compilation)

#Easy Lady #Call Me #Dance Dance Dance #Every Girl And Boy #I Wanna Be Your Wife #This Generation #Love At First Sight #Dedicated To The Moon #You Are My Energy #Let Me Say (I Love You) #Me And You #Only Words #No Way Out #No More Words

Matter Of Time (1993, English)

#If I Listened To My Heart #Why Me #You'll Be Mine #Don't Go Away Tonight #Why Are You Leaving Me #If You Really Love Me #I Always Dream About You #Matter Of Time #You & I #I'll Walk Away #I'll Keep Loving You

Siamo In Due (1995, Italian)

#Davanti agli occhi miei #Siamo in due #Mai #Chiamami #Come il cielo #Il cerchio della vita #Gente come noi #A pugni chiusi #Uno come te #Un natale che non finira'

Lupi Solitari (1996, Italian)

#Colpa del sole #Ti amo #E io penso a te #Ci sarò #Come l'alba #Lupi solitari #Un amico #Se perdo te #Se ti rivedrò #Arriverà

Indivisibili (1997, Italian)

#Indivisibili #Una razione d'amore #Dov'eri #Fuori dal normale #Immaginarti qui #Cipolle e fragole #Tomiamo insieme #Ogni giomo di più #Quello che voglio #Sarà #Ghost Track: Mercedes Benz |width="30"|  |valign="top"|

E che mai sarà: le mie più belle canzoni (1998, Italian - compilation)

#E che mai sarà #Ill bello della vita - world cup song #Gente come noi #Siamo in due #Davanti agli occhi miei #Come il cielo #E io penso a te #Lupi solitari #Colpa del sole #Ti amo #Indivisibili #Dov'eri #Lay da da #Se fosse vero amore #Mi sto innamorando

Domani (2000, Italian)

#Gloria #Con il tuo nome #Un po' d'amore #Aspettavo te #Acqua #Mi amor #Domani #Anime sole #Messages of love #Anche un momento (è tanto se tu ci sei) #Al sole #L'ora dei ricordi #Claire de lune

La nostra canzone (2001, Italian)

#Teorema #Eloise #Il nostro concerto #Ho difeso il mio amore #Dicitencello vuje #Quella carezza della sera #Never alone #Bang bang #La donna cannone #De en jour

Woman (2002, English)

#Woman #Never Say You Love Me #A Day Without You #Tears Of Love (Rain And Tears 2002) #Baila #Màs Allà Del Cielo Azul #Lady In Black #Comme C'Est Bizarre La Vie #Do It With Style #A New Day #Rain And Tears

L'arte di arrangiarsi (2004, Italian)

#Sound of silence #Dopotutto ti amo #Dove nasce il sole #Gente como tu #Ti amo #Easy lady (reggae version) #Rock your baby #Call me #Al di là (del cielo blu) #Davanti agli occhi miei #Come il cielo

Diario Di Bordo (2005, Italian)

#Prova d'amore #A chi dice no #Anche solo per un istante #Day by day #Diario di bordo #Greta #Donna Invisibile #Come un raggio di sole

''Diario di bordo - Voglio sdraiarmi al sole' (2006, Italian)

#Noi non possiamo cambiare #Vorrei fossi tu #Voglio sdraiarmi al sole #Prova d'amore #A chi dice no #Anche solo per un istante #Day by day #Diario di bordo #Greta #Donna Invisibile #Come un raggio di sole |}

''Lola6Angiolina project ' (2009, Italian, with Loredana Bertè)

#Comunque vada (Spagna feat. L.Berté & Aida Cooper) #enrico 40(Loredana Berté) #I love you (Spagna) #Father (Spagna) #Musica e parole (Loredana Berté’) #Belladonna (Loredana Berté)

References

Guinness Book of British Hit Singles (16th Edition) - ISBN 0-85112-190-X

External links

Official website

Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:People from Verona Category:Italian singer-songwriters Category:Italian dance musicians Category:Italian female singers