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• Marine engine
  ...rotation. In a poem by [[Ausonius]] in the [[4th century]], he mentions a stone-cutting saw powered by water. ...specially in the transport and/or raising of some 15 to over 100 [[ton]] [[stone]] blocks.
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• Charade Circuit
  ...1965]], [[1969]], [[1970]] and [[1972]]. Due to ''cutting the corners'', a stone thrown from another car hit [[Helmut Marko]] in the eye during the [[1972 F
  4 KB (584 words) - 22:03, 10 March 2009
• History of Sardinia
  ...of Cagliari) were retrieved which demonstrate a well developed industry of stone carving. Already in the Stone Age Monte Arci played an important role. The old volcano was one of the cen
  14 KB (2,161 words) - 23:13, 23 September 2009
• Cagliari
  ...described the effect of the warm Mediterranean sun-light on the white lime-stone city and compared Cagliari to a "white Jerusalem". ...''[[Roman Amphitheatre]]''', carved into a block of rock (the typical lime-stone on which Cagliari is built). The Amphitheatre still stages open-air operas
  15 KB (2,244 words) - 13:05, 14 April 2009
• Piazza San Marco
  ...3]], when it was replaced by the present [[trachyte]] slabs, with bands of stone in [[geometrical pattern]]s, designed to make the Square appear longer.
  5 KB (878 words) - 19:36, 6 July 2009
• Verona
  ...ke many other Veronese churches, is built with alternating layers of white stone and bricks.]] ...in Canto 18 of Purgatory in the [[Divine Comedy]]. The weathered Veronese stone gives a warm golden glow and the restrained lines of the pillars, columns,
  16 KB (2,488 words) - 08:46, 8 October 2009
• Caprino (cheese)
  ...can no longer absorb anymore salt. The result is then aged in an earth or stone-floored cellar. During the aging process the cheese is turned once a week
  7 KB (1,196 words) - 10:00, 16 August 2008
• Romeo
  ...series, opposed by the rigid concepts of structural safety of Edward Po On stone, however, had been launched and the '''Romeo''' had demonstrated the abilit
  5 KB (742 words) - 21:21, 29 November 2010
• Angouleme
  ...s are also carried on. Commerce is carried on in wine, brandy and building-stone.
  6 KB (951 words) - 12:08, 15 November 2005
• Trento
  ...white porphyry is still excavated from some surrounding areas (Pila). This stone can be seen in many of Trento's buildings, both new and old. (For example, ...ding in Italian railways architecture and combines many varieties of local stone with the most advanced building materials of the time: glass, reinforced co
  13 KB (2,044 words) - 13:09, 14 April 2009
• Mark Blundell
  ...and move on to international racing. He bypassed the traditional stepping stone of [[Formula 3]] and joined TOMS-Toyota in [[Formula 3000]]. Despite havin
  10 KB (1,430 words) - 14:03, 13 April 2009
• Roberto Cavalli
  ...Kravitz]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Drew Barrymore]], [[Sharon Stone]], [[Jennifer Lopez]], [[Gwyneth Paltrow]], [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Beyon
  8 KB (1,194 words) - 09:11, 30 November 2008
• Favignana
  ...perity to many of the inhabitants. [[Tufa]] quarries were also opened with stone being exported to [[Tunisia]] and [[Libya]].
  6 KB (863 words) - 16:59, 20 November 2009
• Roman Holiday
  ...Peck puts his hand into the "[[La Bocca della Verità|Mouth of Truth]]", a stone face in Rome that legend says will bite it off if you tell a lie. In the fi
  6 KB (959 words) - 08:11, 8 October 2009
• Lipari
  ...i, and the pale pumice from Lipari is shipped internationally. The pumice stone from Lipari, known as rhyolite, is indigenous to only one other island in t
  7 KB (1,059 words) - 10:39, 2 October 2009
• Torelli
  Stone's Cyclery
  5 KB (631 words) - 10:50, 8 October 2009
• Ancona
  ...on was completed in [[1234]]. It is a fine [[Romanesque]] building in grey stone, built in the form of a Greek cross, with a dodecagonal dome over the cente
  7 KB (1,050 words) - 08:45, 8 October 2009
• Pirelli Calendar
  ...Boscono]], [[Daria Werbowy]], [[Malgosia Bela]], [[Randal Moore]], [[Lara Stone]], [[Emanuela De Paula]], and [[Isabeli Fontana]]
  7 KB (764 words) - 11:03, 30 January 2011
• Modena, Italy
  ...under the direction of the Countess [[Matilda of Tuscany]] with its first stone laid [[June 6]], [[1099]] and its crypt ready for the city's patron, [[Sain
  9 KB (1,438 words) - 15:44, 14 May 2009

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