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• Alejandro de Tomaso
  |Nationality:|| Argentine-Italian ...i]] in [[1959]], and later built up a substantial Italian-based industrial empire.
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• Art of Italy
  ...n [[Rome]] painted by [[Michelangelo]], one of the most famous examples of Italian art]] ...[[Gothic]] and [[Medieval]] periods, and the arts flourished during the [[Italian Renaissance]]. Later styles in Italy included [[Mannerism]], [[Baroque]] an
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• La Maddalena
  ...car ferries travelling from nearby [[Palau (Sassari)|Palau]] and from the Italian mainland. ...he nearby island of [[Caprera Island]], famous for its connection with the Italian revolutionary [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]].
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• Parmalat
  ...er 36,000 workers around the world collect Parmalat pay packets, and 5,000 Italian [[dairy]] [[farm]]s are dependent on the company for the bulk of their busi Italians were shocked that such a vast and established empire could crumble so quickly.
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• Umberto Bossi
  ...n perceived as hostile towards Southern Italy, he is married to a southern Italian himself. Before becoming a politician, Bossi was a sympathiser of the [[Italian Communist Party]] in his early years. After the death of Salvadori in a car
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• Calabria
  ...utium'', is a region in southern [[Italy]] which occupies the "toe" of the Italian peninsula south of [[Naples]]. It is bounded in the north by the region of ...War]] before it came under the rule of a local ''dux'' for the [[Byzantine Empire]]. In the 9th and 10th centuries, Calabria, which had been the rich breadba
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• Frank Williams
  ...paid bills), looked to [[Marlboro]] and [[Iso automobile|Iso]], an [[Italy|Italian]] car company, for sponsorship. Though they pledged their support, they did ...of [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]]; he became a [[Order of the British Empire|KBE]] in [[1999]]. He is also one of the few non-Frenchmen to have been mad
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• Campania
  ...hat lasted from the Empire to modern times. [[Goths]] and the [[Byzantine Empire]] struggled for control during the 5th and 6th centuries, followed by the [ *[[Italian people|Italian]]: 5,659,702 or 98.8%
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• Geoff Duke
  '''Geoff Duke [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]''' (born [[29 March]] [[1923]] in [[St Helens, Merseyside|St. Helens] ...World Championships for Norton he surprised everybody by moving abroad to Italian motorcycle manufacturer, [[Gilera]] in 1953. With Gilera, he had a string o
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• Venice Arsenal
  ...) is a [[shipyard]] and naval depot that played a leading role in Venetian empire-building. It was one of the most important areas of [[Venice]], lying in t
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• Bari
  ...was Swadan and in [[885]] it became the residence of the local [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] governor. In [[1071]] it was captured by [[Robert Guiscard]]. I *[[Italian people|Italian]]: 98.1%
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• Trieste
  '''Trieste''' ([[Latin]] ''Tergeste'', [[Italian language|Italian]] ''Trieste'',[[German language|German]] and [[Friulian language|Friulian]] ...ong period of time, Trieste was seen as being peripheral to the centers of Italian commerce and culture, and lost influence—however lately it has been g
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• Piedmont
  '''Piedmont''' ([[Italian language|Italian]]: ''Piemonte'') is a [[Regions of Italy|region]] of northwestern [[Italy]] ..., and [[Monte Rosa]]. It borders with [[France]], [[Switzerland]], and the Italian regions of [[Lombardy]], [[Liguria]], [[Emilia-Romagna]], and the [[Aosta V
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• Trento
  '''Trento''', in English sometimes called '''Trent''', [[Italian language|Italian]] ''Trento'' (TREN-to), [[German language|German]] ''Trient'' (tree-ENT), [ Originally a [[Celt]]ic city, Trento was later conquered by the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] in the first Century BC. The Romans gave Trento the name ''Trident
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• History
  ...edieval and Renaissance period, the [[Italian peninsula]] was eventually [[Italian unification|unified]] amidst much struggle in the 19th and 20th centuries. ...Western Roman Empire]] and the [[Lombards|Lombard]] invasions, "Italy" or "Italian" gradually became the collective name for diverse states appearing on the p
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• Palermo
  '''Palermo''' (''Palermo'' in [[Italian language|Italian]], ''Palermu'' or ''Palemmu'' in [[Sicilian]]) is the principal city and ad ...Palermo came under the rule of the Eastern [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] Empire.
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• Italian Grand Prix
  ! colspan=2 |'''[[Italy|Italian]] Grand Prix''' ...of the longest running events on the [[motor racing]] calendar. The first Italian [[Grand Prix motor racing]] championship took place on [[September 4]], [[1
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• San Marco di Venezia
  '''St Mark's Basilica''' ([[Italian language|Italian]]: '''Basilica di San Marco in Venezia''') is the most famous of the [[chur As the Roman Empire begun the process of disintegration, the Emperor Diocletian imposed a new I
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