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Aosta
...48 miles north-northwest of Turin, in [[Piedmont]]. It is site is near the Italian entrance of the [[Mont Blanc Tunnel]], at the confluence of the Buthier and ...pital of the ''Alpes Graies'' ("Grey Alps") province of the [[Roman Empire|Empire]].

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Taleggio cheese
'''Taleggio''' is an [[List of cheeses|Italian cheese]] that is named after [[Val Taleggio]]. ...place every autumn and winter when the cows were tired ([[Italian language|Italian]]: ''[[wiktionary:stracche|stracche]]'') . [[Giacomo Casanova]] decided in

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Carlo Abarth
...[Abarth]]''' ([[November 15]], [[1908]] - [[October 24]], [[1979]]) was an Italian-Austrian automobile designer. Abarth was born in [[Vienna]], [[Austrian Empire]]. As a teenager, he worked for Castagna in [[Italy]] (1925-27), designing

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Aeolian Islands
The '''Aeolian Islands''' ([[Italian language|Italian]] ''Isole Eolie'') are a [[volcanic]] [[archipelago]] in the [[Tyrrhenian S ...red war on [[France]], the French king [[Francois I]], asked the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[Sultan]] [[Suleiman I (the Magnificent)|Suleiman]] for help. Th

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Grotta Azzurra
...' (''Grotta Azzurra'') is a noted sea [[cave]] on the coast of the [[Italy|Italian]] island of [[Capri]]. ...rged opening into the sea, as do other grottoes into the island. [[Roman Empire|Roman]] emperors with villas on Capri reportedly used the Blue Grotto as a

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Emilia-Romagna
...e [[Byzantine Empire]], the [[Lombards]] extended the official name of the Empire to the lands around Ravenna. ...magna and Bologna, in Emilia there were two independent states ). At the [[Italian general election, 2006|April 2006 elections]], Emilia-Romagna gave 60% of i

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Liptauer
...iptó (county)|Liptó county]]), before 1918, part of the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]]. {{Italian cheeses}}

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Alessandro de Tomaso
|Nationality || Italian ...i]] in [[1959]], and later built up a substantial Italian-based industrial empire.

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Paolo Barilla
|Nationality || {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]] ...eam. Paolo is one of the heirs of the vast [[Barilla Group|Barilla]] pasta empire.

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Trentino-South Tyrol
...egion was part of [[Austria-Hungary]] (and its predecessor, the [[Austrian Empire]]) from 1803 until its annexation by [[Italy]] in 1919. It was officially r The autonomous region is bordered by [[Austria]] to the north and by the Italian regions of [[Lombardy]] to the west and [[Veneto]] to the south. It covers

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John Elkann
...lkann''' (born [[1976]]) is a [[New York, New York|New York]]-born [[Italy|Italian]] industrialist and heir to the automaker [[Fiat]]. He is currently vice ch ...zemolo is 56, and Gabetti is 79, Elkann is expected to become head of this empire in coming years.

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Reggio Calabria
...[[8th century BCE]] (see history below). Located on the toe of the [[Italy|Italian]] boot, it's the capital of the [[province of Reggio Calabria]] and the hea ...' as a noble Roman city. Later ''Reggio di Calabria'' became a [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] city, and in the [[12th century]], it became part of the [[King

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Marzocchi
...prestigious [[Ducati]] company, but soon realized that building their own empire was the direction in which they wanted to go.

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Northeast Italy
...]]. It is generally considered to be comprised of three [[Regions of Italy|Italian regions]]: [[Veneto]], [[Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol]], and [[Friuli-Ven ...n the border of Italy and in Istria; where main language is [[Croat]], but Italian is recognised as a minority language.

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Luca Cordero di Montezemolo
...ged the entry of the [[Azzurra]] yacht in the [[America's Cup]], the first Italian [[yacht]] to enter the event. In [[1985]], he became manager of the committ On [[May 27]], [[2004]], di Montezemolo became president of Italian business lobby [[Confindustria]]; days later, following the death of [[Umbe

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Vibo Valentia
...pire, the town was almost completely abandoned after the fall of the Roman Empire. In 1070 the Normans build a castle at the site of the old Acropolis and in

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Trentino-Alto Adige
...aly|region]] in northern [[Italy]]. It consists of two distinct areas, the Italian-speaking [[Province of Trento|Trento]] and the largely German-speaking [[So The region is bordered by Austria to the north and by the Italian regions of [[Lombardy]] to the west and [[Veneto]] to the south. It covers

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Portofino
...g village and tourist resort located in the province of [[Genoa]] on the [[Italian Riviera]]. The town crowded round its small harbour is considered to be amo According to [[Pliny the Elder]], Portofino was founded by the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] and named ''Portus Delphini'', or ''Port of the Dolphin'', because

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Northern Italy
...part of the [[Italy|Italian nation]]. It comprises two areas belonging to Italian [[First level NUTS of the European Union]]: ...with a population of 27,324,431 (09-30-2008 est.), comprises 45.5% of the Italian population over an area of about 120,000 km² (46,000 sq mi), that correspo

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Salina
...red war on [[France]], the French king [[Francois I]], asked the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[Sultan]] [[Suleiman the Magnificent|Suleiman]] for help. The la *[http://www.estateolie.it/salina.htm Aeolian Island tourism website (in Italian).]

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