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  • ...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''' 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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  • [[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''' 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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  • ...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''' 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''' is a town and commune located on the island with the same name, in northern [[Sardini ==The town==
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  • ...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''' 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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  • ...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''' 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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  • * [http://www.ci.silverton.co.us/ Town of Silverton] (official website)
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  • canton=Chief town of 3 cantons| '''Angoulême''' is a town and [[commune in France|commune]] in southwestern [[France]], ''[[préfectu
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  • ...[[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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  • ...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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