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• Bologna
  ...973, was the biggest in [[Europe]] until few years ago), and has the first Italian vegetable and fruit market. Bologna also has important monuments, museums, ...e of Bologna in Italy and in Europe, considered from the points of view of culture, industry, trade, social, political, economy, etc., is much greater than su
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• Palermo
  '''Palermo''' (''Palermo'' in [[Italian language|Italian]], ''Palermu'' or ''Palemmu'' in [[Sicilian]]) is the principal city and ad ...d the whole island by [[1091]]. The resulting blend of Norman and [[Arab]] culture fostered a unique hybrid style of [[architecture]] as can be seen[http://si
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• Lee Iacocca
  Iacocca was born to Nicola and Antoinette Perrotto, [[Italy|Italian]] immigrants who had settled in Pennsylvania's [[Lehigh Valley]] region. ...other White Anglo Saxon Protestants, making the appointment of Iacocca, an Italian Catholic, something of an ethnic and religious breakthrough for the company
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• Veneto
  .... It is located in the northeastern part of the country, bordering on the Italian regions of [[Emilia-Romagna]] and [[Lombardy]], the autonomous regions of [ ...ranted the status of «popolo» (i.e. people) with Constitutional Law by the Italian Parliament, the other being [[Sardinia]] [http://www.parlamentiregionali.it
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• Milan
  [[Image:Milan_Domm.jpg|thumb|Milan's cathedral, 'Domm' in Lombard, 'Duomo' in Italian]] '''Milan''' ([[Italian language|Italian]]: ''Milano''; [[Milanese]]: ''Milán'') is the main city of [[northern Ita
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• Gucci
  '''Gucci''', or the '''House of Gucci''', is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[haute couture]] establishment. It was founded by [[Guccio Gucci]] ([[1 ...[[Paris]] and [[London]], where he "gained an appreciation of cosmopolitan culture, sophistication, and aesthetics." Gucci opened his first boutique in the fa
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• Pizza
  ...and [[mozzarella]] cheese. Other toppings are added according to region, culture, or personal preference. Originating as a part of [[Italian cuisine]], the dish has become popular in many different parts of the world
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• Mopeds
  ...tion is, however, widely ignored and is estimated that close to 95% of all Italian 50cc mopeds are illegally unrestricted. ==Moped culture==
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• Lega Nord
  |Party name Italian || Lega Nord ...'Northern League'''," '''LN''') is an [[List of political parties in Italy|Italian political party]] founded in [[1991]] as a federation of several [[regional
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• Fernando Alonso
  ...[[2005]] [[2005 Formula One season|championship]] season, he was joined by Italian [[Giancarlo Fisichella]]. He finished third in the [[2005 Australian Grand ...lided with [[Tiago Monteiro]] in the closing stages of the race. At [[2005 Italian Grand Prix|Monza]], Alonso qualified third and drove consistently to finish
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• History of Naples
  :''This article is about the history of the [[Italy|Italian]] city of '''Naples'''. For other details see the [[Naples|main article]].' ...ed by the Romans in the [[4th century BC]], Naples long retained its Greek culture. (It is significant that modern Neapolitans may still refer to themselves a
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• Lancia Beta
  ...aracter. The Beta was competitively priced in export markets due to a weak Italian currency at that time, and managed to become the highest ever selling Lanci ==In popular culture==
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• Jackie Stewart
  ...pionship point. Before the end of the year he won his first race at [[1965 Italian Grand Prix|Monza]]. 1966 saw him almost win the [[Indianapolis 500]] on his ...sman.com/greatscots.cfm?id=2343432005 The Scotsman newspaper, Heritage and Culture], 'I risked my mother's wrath in order to be a driver'
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• Genoa
  '''Genoa''' ('''''Genova''''' [{{IPA|'dʒɛːnova}}] in [[Italian language|Italian]], '''''Zena''''' [{{IPA|'zeːna}}] in [[Genoese dialect|Genoese]], '''Genu ...00]], Genoa emerged as an independent [[city-state]], one of a number of [[Italian city-states]] during this period. Nominally, the [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy R
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• Cuisine of Italy
  ...with discovery of the [[New World]] helped shape much of what is known as Italian cuisine today with introduction of items as [[potato]]es, [[tomato]]es, [[b Italian cuisine has evolved extensively over the centuries. Although the country kn
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• Vatican City
  |Official languages || [[Latin]]², [[Italian language|Italian]] ...can City''' ([[Latin]]: ''Status Civitatis Vaticanae''; [[Italian language|Italian]]: ''Stato della Città del Vaticano'') is a [[landlocked]] [[sovereignty|s
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• Minardi
  ...2005. The team is now known as [[Scuderia Toro Rosso]], [[Italian language|Italian]] for ''Team Red Bull''. ...cuderia Everest in 1976 - before gaining financial backing from well known Italian motor racing patron Piero Mancini in 1979 to set up the Minardi racing team
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• Modena
  ...best known as "the capital of engines", since the factories of the famous Italian [[sports car]] makers [[Ferrari]], [[Bugatti]], [[De Tomaso]], [[Lamborghin ...itional strengths in medicine and law. Italian officers are trained at the Italian Military Academy, located in Modena, and partly housed in the Baroque ducal
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• MV Agusta F4 series
  ...se magnesium parts were anodized gold for consistency with the name 'Oro' (Italian for gold). ==F4 in popular culture==
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• Rome
  ...nt Rome]] and, later, the [[Papal States]], [[Italy|Kingdom of Italy]] and Italian Republic (modern Italy). Rome is also called "''la Città Eterna''" (the Et ...or [[9th century BC]], when the tribe of the [[Latini]] migrated to the [[Italian peninsula]] to settle around the River [[Tiber]]. For almost a thousand yea
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