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• Ancient Rome
  ...pg|thumb|right|400px|The [[Roman Forum]] was the central area around which ancient Rome developed.]] '''Ancient Rome''' was a [[civilization]] that grew out of the [[city-state]] of [[Rom
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• Timeline of ancient Rome
  This is a '''Timeline of events concerning ancient Rome''', from the city foundation until the last attempt of the [[Byzantine ** Office of [[Censor (ancient Rome)|Censor]] created. Duties of Censor were Consular duties until this po
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• Pane carasau
  ...sp -- usually in the form of a dish half a meter large. The recipe is very ancient and was conceived for [[shepherd]]s, who used to stay far from home for man
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• Pastiera
  ...o", an essential ingredient in the ceremony of the type of [[Ancient Rome| ancient Roman]] weddings named after it "confarreatio". Another hypothesis we may c We know for certain that the nuns of the ancient convent of [[San Gregorio Armeno]] were considered to be geniuses in the co
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• Lazio
  ...mological Dictionary]. Since Latium is respected more as a designation for ancient Rome, it is not used as a label on maps or globes. ...th many local cultures, each city-state having its own, somewhat akin to [[Ancient Greece|Greece]]. Indeed, trade with Greeks and [[Phoenicia]]ns strongly inf
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• Marche
  ...ionally separate provinces of [[Pesaro]] and [[Urbino]], that were part of ancient [[Roman Umbria|Umbria]]. In 2004, a fifth province, the province of Fermo,
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• Marettimo
  The ancient name of the island was "Hiera", perhaps a term of [[Spanish language|Spanis
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• Bari
  == Ancient Bari == ...as early as [[181 BC]], was probably the principal one of the district in ancient times, as at present, and was the centre of a fishery.
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• Castelrosso (cheese)
  ...lrosso''' is a [[pasteurized]] whole cow's milk cheese. A rare, semi-hard, ancient cheese, it comes from the [[Piedmont]] region in northeastern [[Italy]]. It
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• Villa Jovis
  ...ter]]"; also ''Villa Iovis'', sometimes misspelled ''Villa Ionis'') is a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] palace on [[Capri]] built by emperor [[Tiberius]] who ruled fr [[Category:Ancient Roman architecture]]
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• Pandoro
  Pandoro appeared in remote times, the product of the ancient art of [[baking|breadmaking]], as the name, ''Pan d'oro'' ("golden bread"), ...tter and eggs. However, the bread was already known and appreciated in the ancient [[Rome]] of [[Pliny the Elder]], in the [[1st century]]. That bread was mad
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• Villa San Michele
  ...gardens are adorned with numerous relics and works of art dating back to [[ancient Egypt]] and other periods of antiquity.
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• Ventimiglia
  Ventimiglia is the ancient Albium Intemelium, the capital of the [[Intemelii]], a Ligurian tribe which The most ancient Christian mention of Ventimiglia is the alleged preaching of Saint Marcelin
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• Somec
  ...he SOMEC logo, do not be confused with Ferrari. As the story goes, back in ancient history when Oliviero and Enzo Ferrari both wanted to show the Cavallino on
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• Pecorino
  ...the adjective ''Romano'' refers to a belief that its [[recipe]] came from ancient [[Rome]], it is now mainly produced on [[Sardinia]], and especially in [[Ga
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• Casciotta d'Urbino
  First made in ancient times, this cheese, it is said was a favourite of [[Michelangelo]] and [[Po
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• Gulf of Taranto
  ...the capes ''Santa Maria di Leuca'' (east, [[Apulia]]) and ''Colonna'' (the ancient ''Cape Lacinium'', west, in [[Calabria]]). It is surrounded by three Italia
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• Mediterranean Sea
  ...oenicians]], [[Carthaginians|Carthaginians]], [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]], [[Ancient Rome|Romans]], and the [[Middle-East]] (Arab/Persian/Semitic) cultures. The ...sub-divided into a number of smaller seas /some names may be come from the ancient legends/, each with their own designation (from west to east):
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• Liguria
  Ancient [[Ligures]] settled the Mediterranean coast from [[Rhône River|Rhône]] to ''Liguria'' is a very old name, dating back to pre-[[ancient Rome|Roman]] times.
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• Panarea
  ...eece|Mycenaean]] inhabitants (~ 1200 BC ), and the island was settled by [[ancient Rome|Romans]]. There were people still living on the island until [[pirate
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• Lampedusa
  ...aritime base for the ancient [[Phoenician]]s, [[Ancient Greece|Greek]]s, [[Ancient Roman|Roman]]s and [[Arab]]s. The Romans established a plant for the produc
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• Engine
  ...]], treat these engines as commonplace, so their invention may be far more ancient. Monumental structures of [[Ancient Egypt]], it has been purported, might have been constructed with engines, e
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• Burano
  The island was probably settled by the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]], and in the [[sixth century]] was occupied by people from [[A
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• Marine engine
  ...]], treat these engines as commonplace, so their invention may be far more ancient. Monumental structures of [[Ancient Egypt]], it has been purported, might have been constructed with engines, e
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• Molise
  ...Campobasso which was called "Maple Leaf City" by the Canadian troops. One ancient town which escaped the ravages of war is Larino. Its Centro Storico (Histo [[Termoli]], [[Venafro]], [[Larino]], [[Bojano]] (the ancient capitol of [[Samnium]]).
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• Aosta
  ...of the [[Salassi]]. [[August]] captured it in [[20 BC]] and founded the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] colony of ''Augusta Praetoria''. After [[11 BC]] Aosta became ...ic]] '''[[Collegiata di Sant'Orso]]'''. Its most suggestive feature is the ancient cloister, which can be entered through a hall on the left of the façade.
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• Murano
  Murano was settled by the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]], then from the [[sixth century]] by people from [[Altino]] an
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• Potenza
  ===Ancient times=== ...[[Strabo]] and [[Pliny the Elder]], '''''Potentia''''' was one of the most ancient free cities of Lucania. The first settlement was probably located on a lowe
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• Apulia
  In ancient times only the northern part of the region was called Apulia; the southern ...the region was settled from the 1st millennium BC by several Illyric and [[Ancient Italic peoples|Italic]] peoples. Later, the [[Greeks]] expanded until reach
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• Crotone
  ...m [[588 BC]] onwards, Croton produced many generations of victors in the [[Ancient Olympic Games|Olympics]] and the other [[Panhellenic Games]], the most famo ...of Charles V''. It houses the Town Museum, with findings excavated in the ancient site of ''Kroton''. Notables are also the remnants of the walls, of the sam
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• Tuscany
  ...late [[Bronze age|Bronze]] and [[Iron age]]s parallels that of the early [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]]. The Tuscan area was inhabited by peoples of the so-called ...tinct in its manners and customs by contemporary Greeks, the cultures of [[Ancient Greeks|Greece]], and later Rome, influenced the civilisation to a great ext
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• Umbria
  ...itorius]] and the [[Lacus Umber]]. They were drained a first time by the [[ancient Rome|Romans]] over a span of several hundred years, but an earthquake in th ...he people of Umbria are what many scholars believe to be very close to the ancient people of the Italian peninsula. History has been gentle to Umbria, largely
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• Lipari
  '''Lipari''' (Roman '''Lipara''', ancient Greek '''Meligunis''') is the biggest of the [[Aeolian Islands]], in the [[ ===Ancient history===
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• Taleggio cheese
  ...an Empire|Roman]] times described it as the ''art of the [[Orobbi]]'', the ancient inhabitants of [[Bergamo]]. The name '''Taleggio''' has been used before th
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• Mortadella
  ...ologico della Lingua Italiana'' 1979-88, Mortadella gets its name from a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] sausage flavored with myrtle in place of pepper. The Romans ca
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• Art of Italy
  ...s the [[visual arts]] in [[Italy]] from ancient times to the present. In [[Ancient Rome]], Italy was a centre for art and architecture. There were many Italia ...as unrealistic and could be improved upon by a return to forms achieved in ancient Greece.
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• Campobasso
  ...lines|Guelph]] [[merlon]]s and lies on a commanding point, where traces of ancient settlements (including [[Samnite]] walls) have been found. The current cons .... At the feet of the castle, the church of St. George is probably the most ancient church of Campobasso, built around the year 1000 AD over the ruins of a Pag
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• Pesaro
  ...ring the [[Iron Age]]. A settlement of the latter tribe, one of their most ancient, has been found at Novilara. The northern Piceni were invaded in the 4th ce
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• Northern Italy
  ...an emperors or from the ownership of the high virtues and qualities of the ancient roman republique, in order to get the respect of the greater european sover The feelings against Austria and the disdain of the ancient states rose in the 19th cent and they were caused by the emperialism and th
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• Catanzaro
  ...the population, and a second in [[1832]] completed the destruction of most ancient historical buildings.
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• Tropea
  '''Nicotera''', the ancient [[Medama]], is a city of the [[Province of Catanzaro]], in Calabria, Italy;
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• Culture
  ...as the Italian people. The [[culture]] of [[Italy]] can be found in the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] ruins remaining in much of the country, the laws and philosoph The most ancient examples of [[plainsong]], a monophonic, liturgical music also known as [[c
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• Comuni
  ...They may also represent settlements which predated the ''capoluogo'': the ancient town of Pollentia, for instance, today known as [[Pollenzo]], is a ''[[fraz
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• Panettone
  ...ns of this cake appear to be ancient, dating back to the [[Roman Empire]], ancient Romans sweetened a type of [[leavened]] bread with [[honey]]. Throughout th
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• Volterra
  ...e of royal family of vampires. They live under the city and use one of the ancient and beautiful buildings to lure tourists to their deaths.
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• Trident
  ...h fish. As a weapon, it was also used by the ''[[retiarius|retiarii]]'', [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[gladiator]]s, who used a [[net]] to wrap their adversary and
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• Favignana
  In ancient times Favignana was called ''Aegusa'', meaning "goats' island". The present The island is famous for its caves of volcanic rock and the ancient fishing technique of ''tonnara'', originally of [[Arab]] origin, with the t
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• San Lazzaro degli Armeni
  ...m with over 4,000 Armenian manuscripts and many [[Arab]], [[India]]n and [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] artifacts collected by the monks or received as gifts.
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