What is "monteverdi"

Monteverdi was a Swiss brand of luxury cars created in 1967 by Peter Monteverdi (1934–1998) and based in Binningen on the southern edge of Basel, Switzerland.

Monteverdi may refer to:

• Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer
• Giulio Cesare Monteverdi, Italian composer, brother of Claudio
• Monteverdi Choir, founded and conducted by John Eliot Gardiner and often associated with the English Baroque Soloists
• Peter Monteverdi, Swiss automaker
• Monteverdi (automobile), a Swiss automobile brand created by Peter Monteverdi
• The Full Monteverdi (film)
• Monteverdi (horse), an Irish-trained thoroughbred racehorse

Monteverdi is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 138 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1979. Monteverdi is named for the Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi, who lived from 1567 to 1643.

Monteverdi (foaled 10 April 1977) was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was the leading European two-year-old of 1979, when he was unbeaten in four races including the National Stakes, Ashford Castle Stakes and Dewhurst Stakes. His three-year-old season was a disappointment as he failed to win in four races, finishing second in his first two races and then running unplaced in the Irish 2000 Guineas and Epsom Derby. He was then retired to stud where he had little success as a sire of winners.