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On 11 November  2011 was inaugurated in Udine the exhibition Hic sunt leones – Esploratori, geografi e viaggiatori tra Ottocento e Novecento. Dal Friuli alla conoscenza dei Paesi extraeuropei. The exhibition was organized by the Museo Friulano di Storia Naturale. The core of the exhibition is dedicated to the aspect of knowledge, retracing, in chronological order, the most important undertakings involving people from Friuli in the Americas, Asia and Africa. Among the names of geographers, geologists, ethnographers, linguists, biologists and naturalists taking part that come to the fore include Renato Biasutti, Lodovico di Caporiacco, Giovanni Battista De Gasperi, Ardito Desio, Egidio Feruglio, Giuseppe Gentili, Michele Gortani, Giovanni and Olinto Marinelli, Giuseppe Ricchieri and Luigi Pio Tessitori. Hic sunt leones exhibition will remain open until 15 April 2012.