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• Friuli-Venezia Giulia
  ...versed by the major transport routes between the east and west of southern Europe. It encompasses two historical regions, each own with its distinct identity ...ces between winter and summer and between day and night), but becomes more continental in the mountain area, where, in some locations, the coldest winter temperat
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• 24 Hours of Daytona
  |Previous Names || '''Daytona 3 Hour Continental''' (1962-1963)<br>'''Daytona 2000''' (1964-1965)<br>'''24 Hours of Daytona' ...tal, which counted towards the [[World Sportscar Championship]]. The first Continental was won by [[Dan Gurney]], driving a 2.7L Coventry Climax powered [[Lotus 1
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• Horsepower
  ...automotive and motorcycle industry. It was adopted throughout continental Europe with designations equivalent to the English "horse power", but mathematical ...g (DIN)]], and subsequently, by the automotive industry throughout most of Europe. (In the nineteenth century, however, the French did not use this German un
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• Southern Italy
  ...n: ''Italia Meridionale'') generally refers to the southern portion of the continental [[Italian peninsula]] historically forming the [[Kingdom of Naples]]. It en ...ected local industries, and reduced Naples from the fourth largest city in Europe and the capital of a kingdom to a provincial town".
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• Dirt track racing
  ===Rest of Europe=== In mainland Europe Long Tracks can be used on grass, or sand and can be up to 1 kilometer (0.6
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• European Hill Climb Championship
  ...ip''', is the most prestigious [[hillclimbing]] competition on Continental Europe.
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• Vacuum brake
  American and continental European practice had long favoured compressed [[Air brake (rail)|air brake ...ke. Other operators of vacuum brakes are narrow gauge railways in Central Europe, largest of them is [[RhB|Ferrovia Retica]].
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• Veneto
  The [[University of Padua]] is one of the oldest ([[1222]]) in Europe and has counted among its many famous professors [[Galileo Galilei]]. To th The variations in climate are influenced, by the particular morphology. Continental on the plains, the climate is milder along the Adriatic coast, round [[Lake
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• Football (soccer)
  * Europe: [[UEFA|Union of European Football Associations]] (UEFA) ...hese are affiliated both with FIFA directly and also with their respective continental confederations.
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• Fiat Uno
  ...e extra weight upset the cars handling. It was more popular in continental Europe than in the UK, due to diesel being substantially less taxed there, than in Uno production ceased in Italy in 1995, with sales throughout Western Europe stopping at the same time. A total of 6,032,911 units were built in Fiat's
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• Enduro
  ...m itself seems to have originated in the very early years of motorsport in Europe, between the [[First World War]] and the [[Second World War]] when automobi ...of all types in America. AMA series are often analogous to FIM series. In Europe, the FIM is the dominant sanctioning body for bikes and cars.
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• Turin, Italy
  Turin has a truly continental climate, with nothing to share with the rest of [[Italy]] which is famous f ...as well as an increasing amount of foreigners particularly from [[Eastern Europe]].[http://demo.istat.it/pop2005/index.html]
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• List of automobile manufacturers
  ...tal of 71.9 million new automobiles were sold worldwide: 22.9 million in [[Europe]], 21.4 million in [[Asia-Pacific]], 19.4 million in USA and Canada, 4.4 mi ||Subsidiary||Asia, Europe, South America, South Africa, Puerto Rico
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• Prague
  == Prague - The Heart of Europe == ...cities, Prague has become the most popular travel destination in [[Central Europe]] along with [[Budapest]] and [[Krakow]]. Millions of tourists visit the ci
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• History of the automobile
  ...tieth century the automobile industry was beginning to take off in western Europe, especially in France where, in 1903, 30,204 cars were produced, representi ...z]], manufactured, and after [[Horatio Nelson Jackson]]'s successful trans-continental drive across the [[United States]] in 1903.
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• Cisitalia
  ...]] 812 Custom BeverlySedan, 1948 [[MG Cars|MG]] TC, and the 1941 [[Lincoln Continental]] coupe). It is still part of the [[MoMA]] permanent collection.
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• Geneva
  ...one from [[New York (city)|New York]], JFK on Swiss and one from Newark on Continental, otherwise when flying from the U.S. you will have to change planes at your ...]] [http://www.easyjet.com Easy Jet] serving a number of destinations in [[Europe]] including [[Great Britain]].
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• Ancient Rome
  ...garchic]] [[republic]] to a vast [[empire]]. It came to dominate [[Western Europe]] and the entire area surrounding the [[Mediterranean Sea]] through [[conqu ...ope]], and continued, in a broader sense, to be applied throughout most of Europe until the end of the [[18th century]].
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• Goldfinger
  ...ver astute viewers may note that this auto's hubcaps have switched to 1963 Continental hubcaps in the crush sequence (the V8 engine of the 63 Lincoln was also rem ...fashion model who painted herself and asphyxiated. Another urban legend in Europe involved Italian children who were painted gold as part of a religious para
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• Fiat Panda
  The original Panda met with great success across Europe, polling 2nd in the European [[Car of the Year]] awards in its first full y ...k II variant remains a relatively common sight on the roads of continental Europe, and many are even still in daily use in the UK where the model ceased bein
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