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• Naples, Italy
  ...[[San Carlo|Teatro di San Carlo]], the oldest active [[opera house]] in [[Europe]], which opened its doors on [[November 4]], [[1737]]. [[Category:Former countries in Europe]]
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• Naples
  ...[[San Carlo|Teatro di San Carlo]], the oldest active [[opera house]] in [[Europe]], which opened its doors on [[November 4]], [[1737]]. [[Category:Former countries in Europe]]
  12 KB (1,677 words) - 23:40, 7 August 2009
• Demolition Derby
  ...nd festivals. They originated in North America and quickly spread to other western nations. ==Demolition derbies in Europe==
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• History
  ...[[Po]] valley, for example, was appended in 42 BC. After the fall of the [[Western Roman Empire]] and the [[Lombards|Lombard]] invasions, "Italy" or "Italian" ...Augustus and the return of the imperial ensigns to [[Constantinople]], the Western Roman Empire ends; for few years Italia stayed united under Odoacer rule, b
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• Southern Italy
  ...ntine Empire]] after the [[Decline of the Roman Empire|fall of Rome]] in [[Western Roman Empire|the West]] and even the [[Lombards]] failed to consolidate it, ...ected local industries, and reduced Naples from the fourth largest city in Europe and the capital of a kingdom to a provincial town".
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• Procida
  After the fall of the [[Western Roman Empire]] and the Byzantine reconquest in the [[Gothic Wars (6th centu In 1957, the first underwater [[aqueduct]] in Europe was built in Procida.
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• Fiat Uno
  ...e extra weight upset the cars handling. It was more popular in continental Europe than in the UK, due to diesel being substantially less taxed there, than in Uno production ceased in Italy in 1995, with sales throughout Western Europe stopping at the same time. A total of 6,032,911 units were built in Fiat's
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• Valle d'Aosta
  ...: ''Valle d'Aosta'') is a mountainous [[Regions of Italy|region]] in north-western [[Italy]]. It is bordered by [[France]] to the west, [[Switzerland]] to the [[Category:NUTS 2 Statistical Regions of Europe]]
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• Aosta Valley
  ...n ''Valle d'Aosta'') is a mountainous [[Regions of Italy|region]] in north-western [[Italy]], the smallest of Italy's regions. It is bordered by [[France]] to [[Category:NUTS 2 Statistical Regions of Europe]]
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• Wankel engine
  ...s by [[NSU]], [[Comotor]], and [[Mazda]], therefore it is likely that many Western [[patent]]s were infringed upon by these designs, the probable reason for t ...[[auto racing|race]], in 1974. Mazda is the only team from outside Western Europe or the United States to have won Le Mans outright and the only non-piston e
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• Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza
  ...established good relations with several [[counter-terrorism]] units in the western world. ...in [[Weingarten]], [[Germany]]. SOD/NOCS continues to be a leading unit in Europe and the new senior officers have establish liaisons with similar units of f
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• Verona
  ...and the ''Schola Sacerdotum'' academy drew scholars from all over western Europe. ...lmets and wrought-iron fences with the Scaligeri ladder emblems. In all of Europe, there is nothing like these spiky, flamboyant, monuments. Simplertombs nea
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• Road bicycle racing
  Road racing is popular all over the world, but especially in [[Europe]]. The most competitive and devoted countries are [[Belgium]], [[France]], ...e western European countries of France, Spain, Belgium, and Italy. Some of Europe's earliest road bicycle races remain among the sport's marquee events. Thes
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• Veneto
  The [[University of Padua]] is one of the oldest ([[1222]]) in Europe and has counted among its many famous professors [[Galileo Galilei]]. To th Mostly together with the [[Cenomani]] [[Celts]] on their western border, the [[Veneti]] sided with the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] when Rome str
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• Italian language
  ...la]], [[Libya]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], and various other countries in Europe and the Americas |Fam4 || [[Italo-Western languages|Italo-Western]]
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• Iveco
  ...(1984), three vehicles that symbolized Iveco's entrepreneurial success in Europe. ...ed variants. Also produced in China by [[Naveco]] as the Nanjing NJ2046. [[Western Star]] built copies for the [[Canadian Forces]] 1993-1997
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• History of the bicycle
  ...ance and several thousand copies were built and used, primarily in Western Europe and in North America. Its popularity rapidly faded when, partly due to incr ...ces to ride), and litigated on behalf of cyclists (It would, however, be [[Western Wheel Company]] of [[Chicago]] which would drastically reduce production co
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• Lombards
  ...hey left Scandinavia under leaders such as Ibor and settled in Continental Europe, in the lower course of the [[Elbe river]], where they were recorded by [[T ...ng of the [[6th century]] they were settled in [[Pannonia]] (now [[Hungary|Western Hungary]] and the [[Czech Republic]]) by the Emperor [[Justinian I|Justinia
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• Monaco
  ...onaco''', is a [[constitutional monarchy]] and [[city-state]] in [[Western Europe]] located along the [[French Riviera]] between the [[Mediterranean Sea]] an ...]]; Les Revoires, containing the [[Jardin Exotique]]; and La Colle, on the western border with [[Cap d`Ail]]. Monte Carlo quartier is also subdivided into sev
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• Genoa
  After the fall of the [[Western Roman Empire]], Genoa was occupied by the [[Ostrogoths]]. After the [[Gothi However, this prosperity did not last. The [[Black Death]] was imported into Europe in 1349 from the Genoese trading post at [[Caffa]] ([[Theodosia]]) in Crim
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