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• Ducati Singles
  ...s the most interesting new machine at the 1952 show, the Cruiser was not a great success. A couple of thousand were made over a two year period before being The first production Ducati 250 debuted at the Milan Fair in April [[1961]]. It was called the Diana but for some unknown reason
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• Alfa Romeo (Formula One)
  ...d up with the negative publicity generated by Enzo Osella's cars, so the [[Milan]]-based manufacturer prohibited the further use of its name in connection w * ''Great Marques Alfa Romeo'', David Owen, Octopus Books, ISBN 0-7064-22198
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• Grand Prix motor racing
  *[[Milan Grand Prix]] *[[Milan Grand Prix]]
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• Cinema of Italy
  ...in]] and the ''Itala Film''. Other companies would soon have followed in [[Milan]] and in [[Naples]]. In a short time these first companies reached a fair p ...'' ([[The Bicycle Thief]], [[1948]]) and ''Miracolo a Milano'' (Miracle in Milan, [[1950]]). The sad, bitter '''[[Umberto D.]]''' ([[1952]]), the touching s
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• Palladian architecture
  ...1680, such as [[Wilton House]], are in this Palladian style, following the great success of Jones' Palladian designs for the [[Queen's House]] at [[Greenwic ...architectural prints of British buildings, which had been inspired by the great architects from [[Vitruvius]] to Palladio; at first mainly those of Inigo J
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• Rapid
  ...passed Ceirano, Lancia, Nazzaro and many other pioneers, and the second in Milan, via Porta Tenaglia n . 9. The President is a Mr. A. White, General Manager ...s in production. Even more interesting are the photos published in another great service dedicated to the rapid by the Automobile in May 1906 because this t
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• Pinarello
  ...th a gold medal and a diploma in his recognition, given at the prestigious Milan Bicycle Fair of 1925. ...choice in the matter. His sponsor, Bottecchia, offered him 100,000 Lire, a great deal of money for the times. That loss later became his fortune, career, an
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• Isotta-Fraschini
  ...ristocrat of Automobiles." This was the Italian supreme luxury marque from Milan which only the most elite could own. Today Isotta-Fraschini is a set of sev *[[Isotta-Fraschini Motori S.p.A.]], "From a great history, today's story", an Italian engineering firm specializing in diesel
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• Road bicycle racing
  ...shed 1892), [[Paris-Roubaix]] (1896), the [[Tour de France]] (1903), the [[Milan-Sanremo]] and [[Giro di Lombardia]] (1905), the [[Giro d'Italia]] (1909) an ...e [[Classic cycle races]] or 'Monuments' - are also part of the ProTour: [[Milan-Sanremo]] ([[Italy]]), [[Ronde van Vlaanderen]] ([[Belgium]]), [[Paris-Roub
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• Brescia
  ...0,000. It is the second largest city in [[Lombardy]], after the capital, [[Milan]]. Brescia is called "the Lioness of Italy" after ten days of popular upris ...r, it was one of the first conquests of the Gothic general [[Theoderic the Great]] in his war against [[Odoacer]].
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• Luigi Villoresi
  Born in [[Milan]], [[Lombardy]], and nicknamed "Gigi", he was the older brother of race car ...its feet to witness his quick thinking in pulling his car off the track at great speed. Villoresi then finished 3rd after winner Fangio and Farina, who was
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• Fiat 508
  ...r but with reasonable costs. The new model will be presented at the fair [[Milan]] April 12 [[1932]] during [[Motor Show]]. ...al sport spider berlinetta and Mille Miglia. Many bodybuilders, as was the great fashion of the time, habillèrent bare chassis produced by the plant for th
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• Southern Italy
  ...relocated to the industrial cities in northern Italy, such as [[Genoa]], [[Milan]] and [[Turin]]. A relative process of industrialization has developed in s ...ellino]], and attacking targets even outside Sicily, in Rome, Florence and Milan. The state fought back seriously for the first time, because the entire pol
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• Itala
  ...tween Corso Orbassano-Modane train, Racconigi course, during the Paris and Milan-Turin rail) from the joint-stock company Italy - Turin car factory, founded ...of Savoy, which is used to call "Palombella. It is a vehicle finished with great refinement is a Landaulet with the front seats covered by the car roof and
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• Alberto Ascari
  Born in [[Milan]], Ascari was the son of [[Antonio Ascari]], a talented [[Grand Prix motor ...ext to the grave of his father in the [[Cimitero Monumentale]] cemetery in Milan, to be forever remembered as one of the greatest racers of all time.
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• Bologna
  ...ba, Spain|Cordoba]], [[Paris]], [[Venice]], [[Florence]], and, probably, [[Milan]], with 60,000 - 70,000 inhabitants. ...Taddeo Pepoli]] ([[1337]]-[[1347]]), Bologna fell to the [[Visconti]] of [[Milan]], but returned to the [[Papal States|Papal]] orbit with Cardinal [[Alborno
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• Tazio Nuvolari
  ...[S. C. H. "Sammy" Davis|Sammy Davis]] who met him there, Nuvolari showed a great sense for dark humour and seemed to enjoy situations when everything went w ...possible', not once but habitually, the David who slew the Goliaths in the great sport of motor racing. He was Il Maestro."''
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• Capriolo
  ...flown by Tabacchi, took off for its first flight, from [[Malpensa]] near [[Milan]]. In the beginning, it was fesable to produce an airplane that was big and In November of 1953, at Milan Show is presented the model Cento 50 aesthetcally quite with frame structur
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• Rome
  ...by the province of Rome, making it second in population to [[Milan, Italy|Milan]]. The current [[Mayor of Rome]] is [[Walter Veltroni]]. ...s of the [[Parliament]], offices of the city and city government, and many great and well-known monuments. The old city also contains thousands of workshops
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• Alfa Romeo
  ...ccordingly a tract of land was acquired in the Milan suburb of [[Portello, Milan|Portello]], where a new factory of 6700m2 was erected. Late 1909, the Itali ...ealthy, with the bodies normally built by [[Carrozzeria Touring|Touring of Milan]] or [[Pininfarina]]. This was the era that peaked with the legendary [[Alf
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