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• Tuscany
  '''Tuscany''' ([[Italy|Italian]] ''Toscana'') is a region in central [[Italy]], bordering on [[Latium]] to Tuscany was the birthplace of the [[Italian Renaissance]], and its artistic heritage includes [[architecture]], [[paint
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• Culture of Italy
  '''Italian culture''' is as varied and diverse as the Italian people. The [[culture]] of [[Italy]] can be found in the [[Ancient Rome|Ro People of Italy are usually referred to as [[Italian culture|Italian]](s) as a whole. However, there are many regional groups that go by their e
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• Ferenc Szisz
  ...s county]] of the [[Hungary|Hungarian]] part the former [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]]. He was trained to be a locksmith but in his early twenties the growing p ...rmont-Ferrand]]. In October of that same year, along with other French and Italian automobile manufacturers, Renault sent a team to the [[United States]] to c
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• Timeline of ancient Rome
  ...the city foundation until the last attempt of the [[Byzantine Empire|Roman Empire of the East]] to conquer Rome. * [[91 BC|91]]/[[88 BC]] – [[Social war]]s, the last rebellion of the Italian nations against Rome
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• Italy
  ...ag of Italy.jpg|125px|Flag of Italy]] || align=center width=130px| [[Image:Italian coa.jpg|110px|Italy: Coat of Arms]] ...dth="130px"|Flag of Italy|| align=center width=130px| Coat of Arms of the Italian Republic
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• Apulia
  ...km²), and its population is about 4 million. It is bordered by the other Italian regions of [[Molise]] to the north, [[Campania]] to the west, and [[Basilic ...a was known as [[Calabria]], a name later used to designate the toe of the Italian "boot".
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• Genoa
  '''Genoa''' ('''''Genova''''' [{{IPA|'dʒɛːnova}}] in [[Italian language|Italian]], '''''Zena''''' [{{IPA|'zeːna}}] in [[Genoese dialect|Genoese]], '''Genu ...it in 643. In 773 the Lombard Kingdom was annexed by the [[Franks|Frank]] empire; the first Carolingian count of Genoa was Ademarus, who was given the title
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• Ansaldo
  '''Ansaldo''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[automobile]] manufactured by an armaments concern from [[1921]] to [[19 ...ems at the company, which prompted this change of hands, disappearing the "empire" Ansaldo, however, the continued production of cars.
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• John Surtees
  ...win || [[1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1960]] 500cc [[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|Nations Grand Prix]] ...race || [[1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1960]] 500cc [[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|Nations Grand Prix]]
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• Ancona
  When it became a [[Roman empire|Roman]] colony is doubtful. It was occupied as a naval station in the [[Il After the fall of the Roman empire, Ancona was successively attacked by the [[Goths]], [[Lombards]] and [[Sara
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• Umbria
  ...earthquake in the 4th century and the political collapse of the Roman Empire resulted in the reflooding of the basin, which was drained a second time ov ...e what many scholars believe to be very close to the ancient people of the Italian peninsula. History has been gentle to Umbria, largely due to the constructi
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• Circuit Bremgarten
  ...ced here included: [[Hans Stärkle]], [[Freddie Frith]] and [[Geoff Duke]]. Italian racer [[Omobono Tenni]] was killed at Bremgarten during practice for the 19 | {{flagiconGermany|empire}} [[Hans Stuck]]
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• Stirling Moss
  '''Sir Stirling Moss [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]''' (born [[September 17]], [[1929]] in [[London]]) is a British [[aut One of his most famous drives was in the [[1955]] [[Mille Miglia]], the Italian 1500 km open-road endurance race, which he won in record time of 10 hours a
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• Cagliari
  Subsequently ruled in turn by the [[Vandals]] and the [[Byzantine Empire]], became the eponymous capital of an independent kingdom or ''giudicato'', ...dom of Karalis and re-built the town of Cagliari. Pisa was one of the four Italian "maritime republics" that during the middle ages fought for control of the
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• Modena, Italy
  ...stly known as "the capital of engines", since the factories of most famous Italian car makers like [[De Tomaso]], [[Ferrari]], [[Lamborghini]], [[Pagani]], an ...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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• Panettone
  The origins of this cake appear to be ancient, dating back to the [[Roman Empire]], ancient Romans sweetened a type of [[leavened]] bread with [[honey]]. Th ...or anyone and soon became the country's leading Christmas sweet. Northern Italian [[immigrants]] to [[South America]] also brought their love of Panettone, a
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• Jim Clark
  '''Jim''' (or '''Jimmy''') '''Clark [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]]''' (born [[4 March]], [[1936]] – died [[7 April]], [[1968]]) wa ...66 Dutch Grand Prix|Dutch Grand Prix]]. From the [[1966 Italian Grand Prix|Italian Grand Prix]] onward Lotus used the more complex [[BRM]] H16 engine in the [
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• Grand Prix motor racing
  ...run at Savannah. The first Grand Épreuve outside of France was the 1921 [[Italian Grand Prix]] held at [[Brescia]]. This was quickly followed by [[Belgium]] *red ([[Rosso corsa]]) for Italian,
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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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• Siena
  ...of Jesus|Virgin Mary]] came to be of such importance to the people of the Italian peninsula. If this is true, it suggests that the [[Cult (religion)|Cult]] What we can say for certain is that the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] founded a town called Saenna Julia on the site of a pre-existing E
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