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• Automobile design
  ...[[Coach (vehicle)|coaches]], and [[van]]s. The design and development of a modern motor vehicle is typically done by a large team from many different discipl ...isciplines such as: industrial design, [[fashion]], home furnishing, and [[architecture]]. Specific research is done into global trends to design for projects two
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• Capri
  ...residence, the Sea Palace, one of the first displays of [[fossils]]. More modern excavation s have showed that human presence on the island can be dated bac ===Middle and Modern Ages===
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• Modena
  ===Modern age=== The [[gothic architecture|Gothic]] [[campanile]] (1224-1319) is called ''[[Torre della Ghirlandina]]'
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• Verona
  ...e [[Veneto]], Northern [[Italy]]. The ancient town, and the centre of the modern city, are in a loop of the [[Adige River]] near [[Lake Garda]]. Because of ...n important [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] settlement by 89 BC. The center of the modern city preserves the outlines of the original Roman military settlement, whic
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• Air brake (rail)
  ...ke|braking system]] applied by means of [[Gas compressor|compressed air]]. Modern trains rely upon a [[fail-safe]] air brake system that is based upon a desi ...ather and could conveniently move from car to car through the [[Vestibule (architecture)|vestibules]], which is where the brake wheel was (and still is, in many ca
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• Southern Italy
  ...nsula]] historically forming the [[Kingdom of Naples]]. It encompasses the modern regions of [[Basilicata]], [[Campania]], [[Calabria]], [[Apulia]] and [[Mol ...rts (military history)|Redshirts]] in 1861 and, with the north, formed the modern state of Italy.
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• Car safety
  ...ule, which can cause severe head injuries or death if the air bag deploys. Modern cars include a switch to turn off the airbag system of the passenger seat, ...search has been done using [[Crash test dummy|crash test dummies]] to make modern cars safer than ever. Recently, attention has also been given to cars' desi
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• Passive safety
  ...ule, which can cause severe head injuries or death if the air bag deploys. Modern cars include a switch to turn off the airbag system of the passenger seat, ...search has been done using [[Crash test dummy|crash test dummies]] to make modern cars safer than ever. Recently, attention has also been given to cars' desi
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• Zagreb
  '''Zagreb''' is the capital of [[Croatia]] and a charming medieval city with architecture and cobbled streets reminiscent of [[Vienna]], [[Budapest]], [[Prague]] and ...ell as the works of a new generation of artists. '''Moderna galerija''' (''Modern Gallery''; Hebrangova 1) comprises all relevant fine artists of the 19th an
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• Rome
  ...er, the [[Papal States]], [[Italy|Kingdom of Italy]] and Italian Republic (modern Italy). Rome is also called "''la Città Eterna''" (the Eternal City), "l'' The ancient city within the walls covers about four percent of the modern municipality's 582 square miles. The old city is the smallest of Rome's twe
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• Cagliari
  ===Modern age=== The districts built in the [[1930]]s spot some nice examples of [[Art Deco]] architecture and some controversial examples of Fascist [[neoclassicism]], such as the J
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• Prototype
  ...t a potential design approach such as range of motion, mechanics, sensors, architecture, etc. These types of models are often used to identify which design options ==Modern trends==
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• Air filter
  ...cation where air quality is important, notably in building [[ventilation (architecture)|ventilation]] systems and in engines, such as [[internal combustion engine Most modern, fuel-injected vehicles use a pleated paper filter element in the form of a
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• Brescia
  ===Modern era=== ...also known as ''La Rotonda''. It is an exteriorly rusticated [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] church, striking for its circular shape. The main structure wa
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• Venice
  ...itics and rumours of European courts, providing fascinating information to modern historians. ...ost elegant and refined city in [[Europe]], greatly influencing [[art]], [[architecture]], and [[literature]]. Napoleon was seen as something of a liberator by the
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• Padua
  The industry of Padua has greatly developed in modern times. Corn and saw mills, distilleries, chemical factories, breweries, can ...ronese architect-sculptor who introduced [[Italian Renaissance|Renaissance architecture]] to Padua and who completed the door in [[1532]]. Falconetto was the archi
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• Bus
  ...reach of the North Atlantic post-[[Georgian era|Georgian]], post-[[Federal architecture|Federal]] city. The walk from the former village of [[Paddington]] to the b [[Image:Buses in Helsinki centre.jpg|thumb|250px|Modern [[Scania AB|Scania]] buses in [[Helsinki]].]]
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• Ancient Rome
  ...Rome contributed heavily to the development of law, war, art, literature, architecture, and language in the [[Western world]], and its [[history of Rome|history]] ...ved in the city center, packed into [[apartment]]s, which were almost like modern [[ghetto]]s.
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• Alfa Romeo Visconti
  However, this architecture never before seen in the panorama of contemporary production is not entirel The front of a modern Alfa cannot but commence from the ninth power evolution of the Marque’s g
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• Veneto
  In the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] empire Patavium (modern [[Padua]]) became one of the most important cities of northern Italy. ===The Modern Veneto===
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