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• Montefioralle
  ...scany]], a ''[[frazione]]'' of the ''[[comune]]'' of [[Greve in Chianti]]. Town and village were an important stronghold during the wars between [[Florence In 1250 it became the headquarters of the League of the [[Greve]] Valley. The town was once endowed with two sets of walls. It had an octagonal shape with fou
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• Maranello
  '''Maranello''' is a [[town]] in northern [[Italy]] near [[Modena]], population about 15,000<!--when?-- In connection to '''Maranello''' is the small town of Fiorano. This is where the Ferrari factory is located and where the Scud
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• Vinci
  [[Image:Vinci-mura.jpg|thumb|250px|Town walls]] ...lace of [[Renaissance]] genius [[Leonardo da Vinci]] lies just outside the town.
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• San Gimignano
  '''San Gimignano''' is a small walled [[medieval]] hill-top town in [[Tuscany]], [[Italy]], about a 35 minute drive north-west of [[Siena]] ...ano sits atop a hill the skyline can be seen for several miles outside the town. In medieval and Renaissance times it was a stopping point for pilgrims on
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• Comuni
  ...omune''; the word ''comune'' is also used in casual speech to refer to the town hall. ...y also represent settlements which predated the ''capoluogo'': the ancient town of Pollentia, for instance, today known as [[Pollenzo]], is a ''[[frazione]
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• Volterra
  '''Volterra''' is a town in the [[Tuscany]] region of [[Italy]]. The town was a [[Neolithic]] settlement and an important Etruscan center with an ori
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• La Maddalena
  '''La Maddalena''' is a town and commune located on the island with the same name, in northern [[Sardini ==The town==
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• LEM
  ...or was established in 1973 and biased in [[Lippo di Calderara di Reno]], a town in the outskirts of [[Bologna]]. ...lant was moved to the present location of [[Kola Predosa]], another nearby town. Their dedicated working team of specialists, supported by the latest tech
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• Fabriano
  '''Fabriano''' is a town and ''comune'' of [[Province of Ancona|Ancona province]] in the [[Italy|Ita ...been founded in the early Middle Ages by the inhabitants of a small Roman town 5&nbsp;km (3&nbsp;mi)&nbsp;S at Attiggio (Latin ''Attidium''), of which som
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• Portofino
  ...esort located in the province of [[Genoa]] on the [[Italian Riviera]]. The town crowded round its small harbour is considered to be among the most beautifu ...tion houses, and by [[1950]] [[tourism]] had supplanted [[fishing]] as the town's chief industry, and the waterfront was a continuous ring of waterside res
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• Vibo Valentia
  '''Vibo Valentia''' is a town and [[comune]] (municipality) in the [[Calabria]] region of southern [[Ital ...After a phase of prosperity during the late Republic and early Empire, the town was almost completely abandoned after the fall of the Roman Empire. In 1070
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• Bill Alsup
  * [http://www.ci.silverton.co.us/ Town of Silverton] (official website)
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• Angouleme
  canton=Chief town of 3 cantons| '''Angoulême''' is a town and [[commune in France|commune]] in southwestern [[France]], ''[[préfectu
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• Strait of Bonifacio
  ...[[strait]] between [[Corsica]] and [[Sardinia]], named after the Corsican town [[Bonifacio]]. It is about 7 miles (11 km) wide and divides the [[Tyrrhenia
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• Bari
  ...n castle, is now also one of the major nightlife districts; the Murattiano town to the south (with its stunning promenade on the sea), major shopping distr
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• Montalcino
  The town is located to the west of [[Pienza]], close to the [[Crete Senesi]] in [[Va ...]] when people fleeing the nearby town of Roselle took up residence in the town.[[Image:IMG_MONT_0686.JPG|thumb|left|Street in Montalcino.]]
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• Pantelleria
  ...anic activity. The island is fertile, but lacks fresh water. The principal town (pop. about 3000) is on the north-west, upon the only harbour (only fit for ...lis]] the twin hill of San Marco and Sta. Teresa, 2 km (1 mi) south of the town of Pantelleria, where there are considerable remains of walls in rectangula
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• Ventimiglia
  ...a small harbour at the mouth of the Roia. The population is (2001) 25,151(town); 30,025 (commune). ...m'' are situated in the plain of Nervia, 3 miles to the east of the modern town.
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• Bra (cheese)
  The [[Italy|Italian]] cheese '''Bra''' originates from the town of [[Bra (CN)|Bra]] in [[Province of Cuneo|Cuneo]] in the region of [[Piemo
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• Catanzaro
  This town rises on a rock and is split into two parts by the steep Fiumarella valley, The old town was built over three hills (St. Trifone or St. Rocco Hill; Episcopate's Hil
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• Tommasini
  ...techniques that enabled him in 1957, to start his own business in his home town of Grosseto. By the end of the 60's his factory had begun exporting Tommas
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• Bel Paese cheese
  Originally produced in [[Melzo]], a small town near [[Milan]] in the Lombardy region, it is now made in both Italy and the
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• Panini
  ...graph]]s and a similar number of [[postcard]]s, describing the life of the town and the evolution of photographic art.
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• Molise
  ...entro Storico (Historic Centre) is one of the largest in south Italy. The town is preserved, in part, because it is on an outcropping of land surrounded b
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• Maurice Trintignant
  ...ng, Maurice Trintignant returned to a quiet life as a wine-grower near the town of [[Vergèze]], in the [[Languedoc-Roussillon]] wine growing region, where
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• Lipari
  [[Image:Lipari Castello.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Lipari Castle above the town of Lipari.]] ...henian Sea]] off the north coast of [[Sicily]], and also the island's main town. It has approximately 11,000 inhabitants and during the tourist season (May
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• Elba
  ..."Ilva") is an [[island]] in [[Tuscany]], [[Italy]], 20 km from the coastal town of [[Grosseto]]. It is the largest island of the [[Tuscan Archipelago]], an
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• Veenendaal-Veenendaal
  ...Bicycle racing|race]] in the [[Netherlands]] starting and finishing in the town of [[Veenendaal]] with a route based around the [[Veluwe]] National Park an ...ep cobbled climbs, the most significant of which are the Grebbeberg at the town of [[Rhenen]] and the Posbank. The list of winners includes some top class
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• Snetterton Circuit
  ...situated on the [[A11 road]] some [[1 E4 m|20&nbsp;km]] north-east of the town of [[Thetford]] and [[1 E4 m|30&nbsp;km]] south-west of the city of [[Norwi
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• Aeolian Islands
  ...d|Salina]], [[Stromboli]], [[Filicudi]], [[Alicudi]], and [[Panarea]]. The town of Lipari has about 11,000 inhabitants. Vulcano is famous for its [[fango]]
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• Maddalena archipelago
  ...est island is [[Isola Maddalena]], on which sits the archipelago's largest town, [[La Maddalena]]. The other six islands, in order of size, are: Isola [[Ca
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• Tortellini
  ...night during a trip, [[Lucrezia Borgia]] checked into an Inn in the small town. The host was captivated by her beauty and couldn't resist the urge to peek
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• Car body style
  ...orino]] sedans and wagons were of this type, as were the '75-'79 [[Lincoln Town Car]]s. When GM introduced a similar style on their intermediates for '73- ...ways inaccurately with respect to their historical meaning (e.g. [[Lincoln Town Car]], [[Volkswagen Phaeton]]).
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• BWA
  ...and Ing. Valentini that designed the cars, was based in [[Opera]], a small town just south of [[Milan]]. During the second half of the '60s produced a hand
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• Mike Hawthorn
  In [[Farnham, Surrey|Farnham]], the town where he lived up to the time of his death, there is a street named after h
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• Sanremo
  ...grounds and built a castle and a walled village (La Pigna) to protect the town from [[Saracen]] raids. ...ho in [[1297]] sold it to the Doria and De Mari families. It became a free town in the second half of the 15th century and spread on the Pigna hill and at
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• William Grover-Williams
  ...n a fashionable district of Paris while owning a large house in the resort town of [[La Baule]] in the [[Pays de la Loire]] on the [[Bay of Biscay]] which ...e is listed on the "Roll of Honor" on the [[Valençay SOE Memorial]] in the town of [[Valençay]], in the [[Indre]] departément of France.
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• Desio
  '''Desio''' is a town and ''[[comune]]'' in the [[Province of Milan]], [[Italy]]
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• Coach
  ...covered for protection from the elements. The small [[Hungary|Hungarian]] town of [[Kócs]] (pronounced approximately "coach") was the place of manufactur
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• FIM
  ...édération Internationale de Motocyclisme'' (FIM) at the congress in [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]]. The same year, the FIM was given provisional status of
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