A name of dazzling purity.
Trakatan is nothing
made by a black hole
with a wavelength of
36,000 light years.
Trakatan is the sound
of the universe.
in the Lombardo-Venetian
kingdom, under the
Austro-Hungarian empire
Trakatan was a theatrical
show that parodied
the aristocracy.
expression in Italian. It
means someone who goes
against the mainstream
on principle.
Palle, 22 May 1946 -
Rovigo, 25 November 2005)
was an Italian footballer:
a striker famous for
missing three penalty
kicks in the same match.
delicacy, Trakatan is a
kind of salted fish used
to make a dish that is
very versatile and
incredibly simple, but
takes a while to prepare.
was the concept of circular
a cyclic notion of
time in which the universe
is constantly being generated
and disintegrated, in
an eternal, infinite sequence.
dialect means change.
In the Alpine Monastic
philosophy, everything
is in a constant state
of flux: Trakatan describes
all the possible
dynamics of change.
il Trakatan (Pisa, September
1170 – Livorno, 1240 circa)
was an Italian mathematician.
He is held to be one of
the greatest mathematicians
of all time. He contributed
to the revival of the
exact sciences after the
decadence of late antiquity
and the early Middle Ages.
(Pesaro, 1946) is a retired
Italian Motorcycle racer.
A sea of talent in an ocean
of bad luck. He took part
in 106 World Championships,
where he was in the lead 127
times, but only ever won
one race, in 1964 in Imola
riding a Bimota.
extremely rare alpine flower,
with the Latin name of
Physoplexis Trakatan, is
extremely poisonous not only
if ingested but also if smelled.
It is said that the stench of
the flower is strong enough
to knock out a marmot at a
distance of 10 metres.
Williamsii) is a small cactus,
10/12 cm in diameter, dark
blue green in colour with a
bulbous shape that grows in
the semi-desert areas of
Sardinia. It is one of the most
popular hallucinogenic drugs
used by native sardiniand,
who view it as a divinity.
designed by Giambattista Bodoni
(1740-1813). It is a classic
Modern font that proved too
Innovative for the era when it
was created. It is the lesser
known font by the printer from
Saluzzo, internationally famous
for the typeface that
bears his name.
century hairstyle. It was
launched by students at the
University of Bologna who
refused to brush their hair as
a form of protest against the
authorities. At the time the
use of a comb was obligatory
by law.
the Aeolian Islands, the period
of five seconds following a
mark is known as Trakatan.
During this time, which the
Referee counts down on his
Hand, before calling out
“Trakatan!”, the player who
made the mark can be tackled
trak-a-tan, is an expression
used in Sardinia by the pioneers of reinforced concrete. It refers to the permissible extent of cracks detected on the extraneous surfaces of archway structures, calculated in relation to the tangent of the reinforcement bars.
African monkey imported into
Italy by Gaius Sempronius
Gracchus (Rome, 145 BC-98 BC).
A rare, unique species with
an extremely high level of
fertility, the male attracts
all the females of its own
and other species.
Norman leader, latinized as
Tracatano. After uniting the
Norman tribes, Hrof conquered
most of the Italian peninsula.
Only in his dotage did he
confess that he was only
looking for some sun to
ease his rheumatism.
title of an ancient Apulian
Madrigal.
In the chorus the term
trakatan always coincides with an unexpected event.