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• Lampedusa
  ...aritime base for the ancient [[Phoenician]]s, [[Ancient Greece|Greek]]s, [[Ancient Roman|Roman]]s and [[Arab]]s. The Romans established a plant for the produc
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• Engine
  ...]], treat these engines as commonplace, so their invention may be far more ancient. Monumental structures of [[Ancient Egypt]], it has been purported, might have been constructed with engines, e
  9 KB (1,353 words) - 00:51, 9 August 2009
• Burano
  The island was probably settled by the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]], and in the [[sixth century]] was occupied by people from [[A
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• Marine engine
  ...]], treat these engines as commonplace, so their invention may be far more ancient. Monumental structures of [[Ancient Egypt]], it has been purported, might have been constructed with engines, e
  9 KB (1,383 words) - 00:47, 4 March 2009
• Molise
  ...Campobasso which was called "Maple Leaf City" by the Canadian troops. One ancient town which escaped the ravages of war is Larino. Its Centro Storico (Histo [[Termoli]], [[Venafro]], [[Larino]], [[Bojano]] (the ancient capitol of [[Samnium]]).
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• Aosta
  ...of the [[Salassi]]. [[August]] captured it in [[20 BC]] and founded the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] colony of ''Augusta Praetoria''. After [[11 BC]] Aosta became ...ic]] '''[[Collegiata di Sant'Orso]]'''. Its most suggestive feature is the ancient cloister, which can be entered through a hall on the left of the façade.
  4 KB (673 words) - 12:51, 14 April 2009
• Murano
  Murano was settled by the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]], then from the [[sixth century]] by people from [[Altino]] an
  3 KB (400 words) - 13:02, 18 September 2009
• Potenza
  ===Ancient times=== ...[[Strabo]] and [[Pliny the Elder]], '''''Potentia''''' was one of the most ancient free cities of Lucania. The first settlement was probably located on a lowe
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• Apulia
  In ancient times only the northern part of the region was called Apulia; the southern ...the region was settled from the 1st millennium BC by several Illyric and [[Ancient Italic peoples|Italic]] peoples. Later, the [[Greeks]] expanded until reach
  9 KB (1,338 words) - 08:11, 8 October 2009
• Crotone
  ...m [[588 BC]] onwards, Croton produced many generations of victors in the [[Ancient Olympic Games|Olympics]] and the other [[Panhellenic Games]], the most famo ...of Charles V''. It houses the Town Museum, with findings excavated in the ancient site of ''Kroton''. Notables are also the remnants of the walls, of the sam
  9 KB (1,255 words) - 17:30, 24 February 2009
• Tuscany
  ...late [[Bronze age|Bronze]] and [[Iron age]]s parallels that of the early [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]]. The Tuscan area was inhabited by peoples of the so-called ...tinct in its manners and customs by contemporary Greeks, the cultures of [[Ancient Greeks|Greece]], and later Rome, influenced the civilisation to a great ext
  8 KB (1,151 words) - 20:27, 1 August 2009
• Umbria
  ...itorius]] and the [[Lacus Umber]]. They were drained a first time by the [[ancient Rome|Romans]] over a span of several hundred years, but an earthquake in th ...he people of Umbria are what many scholars believe to be very close to the ancient people of the Italian peninsula. History has been gentle to Umbria, largely
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• Lipari
  '''Lipari''' (Roman '''Lipara''', ancient Greek '''Meligunis''') is the biggest of the [[Aeolian Islands]], in the [[ ===Ancient history===
  7 KB (1,059 words) - 10:39, 2 October 2009
• Taleggio cheese
  ...an Empire|Roman]] times described it as the ''art of the [[Orobbi]]'', the ancient inhabitants of [[Bergamo]]. The name '''Taleggio''' has been used before th
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• Mortadella
  ...ologico della Lingua Italiana'' 1979-88, Mortadella gets its name from a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] sausage flavored with myrtle in place of pepper. The Romans ca
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• Art of Italy
  ...s the [[visual arts]] in [[Italy]] from ancient times to the present. In [[Ancient Rome]], Italy was a centre for art and architecture. There were many Italia ...as unrealistic and could be improved upon by a return to forms achieved in ancient Greece.
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• Campobasso
  ...lines|Guelph]] [[merlon]]s and lies on a commanding point, where traces of ancient settlements (including [[Samnite]] walls) have been found. The current cons .... At the feet of the castle, the church of St. George is probably the most ancient church of Campobasso, built around the year 1000 AD over the ruins of a Pag
  6 KB (914 words) - 17:22, 24 February 2009
• Pesaro
  ...ring the [[Iron Age]]. A settlement of the latter tribe, one of their most ancient, has been found at Novilara. The northern Piceni were invaded in the 4th ce
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