Delle Piane (surname)
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Delle Piane is a name of Genova
Génova
Génova may refer to:* Spanish spelling of the city of Genoa, Italy* Génova, Quindío, a municipality in the department of Quindío, Colombia* Génova, Quetzaltenango, a municipality in the department of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala...

 and the Val Polcevera.
  • Delle Piane family
    Delle Piane family
    The Delle Piane is a very ancient and noble Italian family with a long tradition of military and civil service. The family originated in the plains of Val Sturla and Val Polcevera in the region of Liguria....

    , Italian noble family

Origin

A very ancient topographic name deriving from the medieval name “de Planis” deriving from the latin form of Planum (meaning level ground, plain).
Delle Piane “the dweller at the Plain” was the name for someone who lived on the plain of Genova and of the Val Polcevera; the name may derive from the place name where the family held land or from a manor house held or where they had a religious dwelling in the medieval ages.

Heraldry

Several branches of the Delle Piane family were conferred the title of nobility of Nobile (aristocracy)
Nobile (aristocracy)
Nobile or Nob. is an Italian title of nobility ranking between that of baron and knight. As with the other titles of nobility, such as baron or count, nobile is also used immediately before the family name, usually in the abbreviated form: Nob.The word “nobile” is derived from the Latin “nobilis”,...

 and Dominus (title)
Dominus (title)
Dominus is the Latin word for master or owner. As a title of sovereignty the term under the Roman Republic had all the associations of the Greek Tyrannos; refused during the early principate, it finally became an official title of the Roman Emperors under Diocletian...

 in the renaissance. The name also served as feudal and noble Italian titles in other spellings in the rare forms of Conte del Piano of the Contea del Piano, Barone del Piano and Barone della Piana, the feudal castle Palazzo della Piana (meaning of the lands, landholder).

Coat of Arms:
Blue, with the Fortuna goddess standing on a globe or a wheel of fortune,
Coronet with 8 pearls (5 visible) of the title of nobility of Nobile (aristocracy)

Correspondences in other languages

To the Genovese name Delle Piane and its derivatives correspond to the English name of Plain (from Plan), the French De la Plaine, and Spanish De los Llanos.

Famous Delle Pianes

Several soldiers, captains, knights, generals, elders, abbots, landowners, nobles and politicians carried the name.
  • Giovanni Maria delle Piane (il Mulinaretto) (1660–1745), Court Painter
  • Luis delle Piane
    Luis delle Piane
    General Luis J. Dellepiane , born in Buenos Aires, was a civil engineer, militarist and politician of Argentina.With the title of Lieutenant General he participated in the politics linked to the Radical Civic Union following Hipólito Yrigoyen...

     (1865–1941), General
  • Giovanni Battista Dellepiane (1889–1961), Archbishop
  • Carlo delle Piane
    Carlo Delle Piane
    Carlo delle Piane is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in 104 films since 1948. He was born in Rome, Italy.-Selected filmography:* Cuore * Vogliamoci bene * Io sono il capataz...

     (1936-), Artist
  • Emanuelle delle Piane (1963-), Artist
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