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• Capriolo
  The engine, four stroke, have a interesting architecture, refined for this type of bike. The crank shaft, dispose longitudinaly, is ...ed gear box, result instead different from progenitor whose keeps only the architecture. In fact the major part of the pieces aren't interchangeable and the genero
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• History of Naples
  ...ailed to bewitch Ulysses with her song. The island is the site of the more modern [[Castel dell'Ovo]], "Egg Castle"). ...tury BC]], Naples long retained its Greek culture. (It is significant that modern Neapolitans may still refer to themselves as "Parthenopeans".)
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• Lamborghini Gallardo
  ...current owner, plans to offer its own [[sports car]] based on the Gallardo architecture, the [[Audi R8 Road Car|Audi R8]]. It would use a [[V8]] in place of the Ga {{Lamborghini modern timeline}}
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• Barcelona
  ...urope]]. The city, Spain's second largest, has a wealth of unique historic architecture and has emerged as one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe d * '''Gaudi architecture''', including the '''Parc Güell''', the still unfinished '''Sagrada Fa
  56 KB (9,123 words) - 09:23, 7 October 2009
• Gucci
  ...igner after dropping out of [[Parsons School of Design]] in [[1986]] as an architecture major. Dawn Mello hired Ford in [[1990]] at the urging of his partner, writ ...a “superstar designer,” the exemplar of his own brand: stylish, suave, and modern. His scandalous advertisements made the brand synonymous with eternal youth
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• Auto Club Speedway
  |Architect || Paxton Waters Architecture<br>Penske Motorsports, Inc. Like many modern oval tracks, Auto Club Speedway also features an infield road-course, which
  20 KB (2,595 words) - 21:00, 27 September 2009
• Medieval cuisine
  ...ng changed across Europe, and these changes helped lay the foundations for modern [[European cuisine]]. ...ound ¾ and bread remained the basic staple in most of Europe long into the modern era.
  59 KB (9,564 words) - 23:34, 11 September 2009
• Pisa
  Pisa was the birthplace of the founder of modern [[physics]], [[Galileo Galilei]]. It is still the seat of an archbishopric; ...ouncil of Elders. It is today one of the best preserved early [[Romanesque architecture|romanesque]] buildings in town.
  27 KB (4,278 words) - 21:56, 17 August 2009
• Vienna
  ...ddress and formal dress attire, the residents of Vienna tend to be equally modern and old-fashioned. Waiters address their customers with honorifics; a man w ...the permanent collection "Vienna around 1900 and the Art of the Classical Modern." Gustav Klimt, master of a particularly Viennese form of Art Nouveau calle
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• Travel in Italy
  *[[Florence]] - (''Firenze''): History, art, architecture. Uffizi's gallery, David of Michelangelo Buonarroti *[[Turin]] - (''Torino''): The first capital of modern Italy. Host of the 2006 Winter Olympics
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• Fiat Panda
  Designed by [[Giorgetto Giugiaro]], the Panda was designed as a modern day "peasant car": A cheap, basic, no-frills utility vehicle that would be ...spension was also upgraded, the rear leaf springs being replaced by a more modern independent suspension system using a rigid rear axle (known as the 'Omega'
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• Sicily
  [[Noto]] and [[Ragusa]] contain some of Italy's best examples of [[Baroque]] architecture, carved in the local red [[sandstone]]. [[Caltagirone]] is renowned for its ...grigentum|Acragas]], [[Selinunte]], [[Himera]], and [[Zancle]] or Messene (modern-day [[Messina]], not to be confused with the [[ancient]] city of [[Messene]
  36 KB (5,047 words) - 14:06, 29 March 2010
• Alfa Romeo
  ...nder inline power plants based on the P2 unit that established the classic architecture of Alfa engines, with light alloy construction, [[hemi|hemispherical combus ...became the symbol of competition Alfas, denoting higher performance. Some modern Alfas wear a [[clover]]leaf badge which is typically a green [[four leaf cl
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• Italian Literature
  [[Image:Todi.jpg|thumb|right|175px|A modern collection of Jacopone's ''Laudi'', with a portrait.]] ...was the first [[Humanism|humanist]], and he was at the same time the first modern lyric poet. His career was long and tempestuous. He lived for many years at
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• Italian literature
  [[Image:Todi.jpg|thumb|right|175px|A modern collection of Jacopone's ''Laudi'', with a portrait.]] ...was the first [[Humanism|humanist]], and he was at the same time the first modern lyric poet. His career was long and tempestuous. He lived for many years at
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