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• Villa San Michele
  '''The Villa ''San Michele''''' was built around the turn of the 20th century, by the [[Sweden|Swedish]] physician, [[Axel Munthe]], on the ruins of the
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• Motor
  *[[automobile|Motor (Automobile)]] - The early 20th century abbreviation for "motor car", a synonym for [[automobile]]
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• Coupé
  ...with a single row of passenger seating behind the driver. During the 20th century the term was applied to various close-coupled automobiles. Through the 1950
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• Berlinetta
  ...ith a single row of passenger seating behind the driver. During the [[20th century]] the term was applied to various close-coupled automobiles. Through the [[
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• Maserati Brothers
  ...rothers''' were involved with automobiles from the beginning of the [[20th century]]. All were born to the Rodolfo Maserati and his wife Carolina in [[Voghera
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• Peggy Guggenheim Collection
  ...collection is housed in the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, an unfinished [[18th century]] palazzo which was never built past the ground floor level. In one room, t ...useum in Italy for European and American art of the first half of the 20th century.
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• Ventimiglia
  ...Otho]] and [[Vitellius]] but recovered to remain prosperous into the fifth century, surrounded by walls with cylindrical towers built at each change of direct ...f the Lombards, but flourished again under King [[Rodoaldo]]. In the tenth century it was attacked by the Saracens of [[Frassineto]].
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• Provolone
  ...''Provolone'' (meaning large Provola) appeared around the end of the 20th century when it started to be manufactured in the Northern regions of Italy, and th
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• Pesaro
  ...t, has been found at Novilara. The northern Piceni were invaded in the 4th century BC by the [[Senones]] Gauls, and when the Romans reached the area the popul ...and destroyed by [[Vitigis]] (539) in the course of the [[Gothic Wars (6th century)|Gothic War]]. Hastily rebuilt five years later after the Byzantine reconqu
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• Procida
  ...tury B.C.|16th]] and [[15th century BC|15th]] centuries BC. During the 8th century BC the first [[Greek people|Greek]] settlers to this island were immediatel ...tern Roman Empire]] and the Byzantine reconquest in the [[Gothic Wars (6th century)]]), Procida remained under the jurisdiction of the [[Duke of Naples]]. The
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• Imperia
  ...m mediaeval times although there has been much development during the 20th century. In general the coastal strip has become over-populated while inland villa ...peria. These resorts remained popular with the British until the mid 20th century when Spain became more favoured.
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• Japan Black
  ...nish]] used extensively in the production of automobiles in the early 20th century in the United States. It is also called '''Brunswick black''' and '''Japan
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• Flathead engine
  ...st known flathead automotive engine is the Ford Flathead engine early 20th century Ford V-8, which has both sets of valves (intake and exhaust) located on the
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• Valle d'Aosta
  arearank = 20th | populationrank = 20th |
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• Giovanni Michelotti
  ...was one of the most prolific [[designers]] of [[sports car]]s in the 20th century. He was also responsible for a number of saloon cars and truck cabs.
  3 KB (398 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2009
• Mortadella
  ...r of Italian immigrants established in these countries in the early [[20th century]]. The normal spelling in these countries, however, is "Mortadela".
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• Aosta Valley
  arearank = 20th | populationrank = 20th |
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• Panettone
  ...ers were Motta, Bauli, Alemagna and Le tre Marie; at the beginning of 20th century, the name Motta was synonymous with panettone. ...tall, leavened fruitcake" makes cameo appearances in the arts : In a 16th century painting by [[Pieter Brueghel the Elder]], also as a recipe in a contempora
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• Art of Italy
  ...], [[Baroque]] and [[Rococo]]. [[Futurism]] developed in Italy in the 20th century. [[Image:Aldobrandini wedding.JPG|thumb|250px|''Aldobrandini Wedding'' (1st century BC) from the Vatican]]
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• Fastest production car
  ...stest, it established a record speed of 16 km/h (10 mph). More than a century later, in September 2007, the [[SSC Aero|SSC Ultimate Aero TT]] allegedly r ...worth, and Auto Editors of Consumer Guide (1998). ''Great Cars of The 20th Century'', Publications International, ISBN 0-7853-2523-9
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• Cesare Sala
  ...ustrian personalities aristocrats. But in the very early years of the 20th century, with increasing success designing bodies, the company began to devote its
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• Board track racing
  ...boards. The genre was popular in the [[United States]] in the early [[20th century]].
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• Flying boat
  ...ff, with many of the roles taken over by other aircraft types. In the 21st century, flying boats maintain a few niche uses, such as for dropping water on fore
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• Bodywork
  ...-framed motor vehicles remained in production until the middle of the 20th century, for example the [[MG A]] which continued in production until 1962.
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• Superleggera
  ...mobile]] construction technology used in Italy from the middle of the 20th century. The name means "super light" in [[Italian language|Italian]], and was pate
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• Portofino
  In the early [[20th century]], first [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]],
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• Michelotti
  ...was one of the most prolific [[designers]] of [[sports car]]s in the 20th century. He was also responsible for a number of saloon cars and truck cabs.
  4 KB (530 words) - 14:45, 13 April 2009
• Dashboard
  When car radios became available, they were mounted on or underneath mid-20th-century car dashboards.
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• Atala
  ...i Ganna winning the Tour of Italy in 1909. Since the beginning of the 20th century, they supported a team of [[cycling]], by participating in the first editio
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• Fongri motorcycle
  ...] from [[Tourin]], and studied and designed from the beginning of the 20th century. Founded in 1910, together with a shareholder partner, a company to build m
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• Brake (railway)
  ...teepened, and speeds increased, braking became a problem. In the late 19th century, significantly better '''continuous brakes''' started to appear, either ''' In the early part of the 20th century, many British railways employed [[vacuum brake]]s rather than the [[Air bra
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• Exotic car
  During the late 20th century, the term Supercar was used to describe "a very expensive, fast or powerful
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• Tropea
  The diocese had in the early 20th century 72 parishes, with 78,000 inhabitants, a [[Franciscan]] house, and a house o
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• Lipari
  ...y Keller). The last recorded eruptions occurred in the [[5th century|fifth century]] CE when the airborne [[pumice]] covered Roman villages on the island. The ...ontinuous occupation may have been interrupted violently when the late 9th century [[Ausoni|Ausonian]] civilisation site was burned and apparently not rebuilt
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• Cinque Terre
  ...guria]] region of [[Italy]]. "Discovered" by foreigners in the late [[20th century]] they have come to be among the most touristed areas of Italy. The coastli
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• Touring car
  A '''touring car''' was a popular [[car body style]] in the early 20th century, being a larger alternative to the [[runabout (car)|runabout]] and the [[ro
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• Favignana
  ...di Islands were hired out to [[Genoa|Genoese]] merchants and in the [[15th century]] the islands were granted to one Giovanni de Karissima, who adopted the gr ...ere first exploited systematically under the Spanish from about the [[17th century]] onwards. Facing severe financial problems from their ongoing wars, the Sp
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• Apulia
  ...area for the ancient [[ancient Rome|Romans]], who conquered it in the 4th century BC but also suffered a crushing defeat here in the [[battle of Cannae]] aga ...ently, but Apulia was mostly under firm Byzantine authority until the 11th century, when the [[Italo-Normans|Normans]] conquered it with relative ease.
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• Regenerative brake
  ...kes have been used in vehicles with electric motors since the early-[[20th century]]. On record, The Warner Electric Brake Corporation was using electric bra
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• Culture
  ...w]] by the [[constitution]]. Before the arrival of Christianity in the 1st century A.D. the country was mostly pagan and worshiped the [[Roman Gods]]. Eventua ...s of works by [[Menander]]. During the 16th century and on into the [[18th century]] [[Commedia dell'arte]] was a form of [[improvisational theatre]] , altho
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• FR layout
  ...the rear. This was the traditional automobile layout for most of the 20th century.
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• Caffè
  In the 9th century in the Muslim world, coffee began use as a medicine, was liked for taste an During the 14th century some coffee trees were transplanted to Arabia. They named it Kaweh.
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• Salvatore Ferragamo
  ...]]) was one of the most influential [[footwear]] [[designer]]s of the 20th century, providing [[Hollywood]]'s ''[[glitterati]]'' with unique hand-made designs
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• Rudolf Caracciola
  ...ne of the greatest European race car drivers of the first half of the 20th century and a person who overcame serious injury and misfortune to excel and succee
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• Regenerative brakes
  ...kes have been used in vehicles with electric motors since the early-[[20th century]]. The Warner Electric Brake Corporation used electric brakes in 1927, alt
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• Capri
  ...pelled in Latin). Ruins of one at Tragara could still be seen in the 19th Century. ...visitor of the island was the French Jean Jacques Bourchard, in the [[17th century]]. His diary, found in [[1850]], is an important source about the state of
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• Trieste
  ...in Trieste include [[Miramare]], a romantic [[castle]] built in the [[19th century]] for [[Austria]]n [[Archduke]] [[Maximilian of Mexico|Maximilian]] and his In the beginning of the 20th century, Trieste was a buzzing cosmopolitan city frequented by artists such as [[Ja
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• Cagliari
  ...Italy|Nora]], and [[Tharros]], that were founded from [[Tyre]] in the 7th century BC. It passed with the rest of the island first to the control of [[Cartha ===11th century===
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• Ciao
  ...h other items of the [[Italian culture]]. In the late 19th and early 20th century, the salute spread to the [[Americas]]—especially [[Colombia]], [[Ur
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• Culture of Italy
  ...w]] by the [[constitution]]. Before the arrival of Christianity in the 1st century A.D. the country was mostly pagan and worshiped the [[Roman Gods]]. Eventua ...s of works by [[Menander]]. During the 16th century and on into the [[18th century]] [[Commedia dell'arte]] was a form of [[improvisational theatre]] , altho
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