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Gradisca d'Isonzo
Gradisca d'Isonzo , town, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, NE Italy, on the Isonzo River, near the Slovenian border. It is an agricultural center. The town was founded (late 15th cent.) by Venice as a fortress against the Turks. From 1754 to 1918 it formed with Gorizia (Görz) the crown land of Görz-Gradisca in the Austrian province of Küstenland.
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Retracing the 'Great War' on the Isonzo Front
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 8/14/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...A Farewell to Arms'' is set on the Isonzo Front in northeastern Italy. Here, between...place along the turquoise course of the Isonzo River still resonate with surprising power...took place. On a recent trip along the Isonzo, on both sides of the Italy-Slovenia...
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From Dagenham to San Canzian d'Isonzo, great football men talk the same language
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/15/2007; ; 700+ words
; You won't believe this but even now, a good 24 hours after issuing a ringing endorsement on these pages, I'm still waiting for a gold embossed invitation from the Football Association to a little tactical tte--tte with the new manager of England, Fabio Capello. Frankly, it was an exchange of views
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Frenzy Over Friuli
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/13/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...in parentheses: Pinot Grigio: Bortoluzzi Isonzo 1999 ($15, Bacchus); I Feudi di Romans Isonzo 1999 ($10.50, Country Vintner); Sant...1998 ($15, Kysela); I Feudi di Romans Isonzo 1997 ($10.50, Country Vintner). Chardonnay...
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Scientists at Trent University detail research in science and technology.
Newspaper article from: Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 2/13/2009; 700+ words
; ...alongside the Idrija River, the Soca/Isonzo River, and in the Gulf of Trieste were...collected from the rivers Idrija, Soca/Isonzo, and around the river mouth in the Gulf...throughout the watershed of the Soca/Isonzo River to the Gulf of Trieste are dominated...
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PINOT GRIGIOS ARE ALL OVER THE MAP
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/19/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Colli Orientali, respectively), and Isonzo. The neighboring alpine region, Trentino...5799.) Bortoluzzi, Pinot Grigio, DOC Isonzo del Friuli, 2001. Another committed...uses grapes from five sites within the Isonzo region to capture plenty of flavor in...
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Do you want everyone to die? A million casualties wasted on the Italian Front--and who remembers?(Event overview)
Magazine article from: Military History; 8/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...the northern campaign helped spur the rise of Italian fascism. The dozen Battles of the Isonzo were fought between June 1915 and November 1917 along the Isonzo River in modern-day Slovenia. The following account traces the third and fourth battles...
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Forget fiery, think finicky Latin
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 12/16/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...won't be making again. Capello comes from San Canzian d'Isonzo in Gorizia, one of the few parts of Italy where no tourist...lies on the pediplain of the Alps, on the flood plain of the Isonzo, it doesn't even boast a ski slope. Whatever else Capello...
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Wojtkiewicz wins Maryland Open.(SATURDAY)(CHESS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 6/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...space of an 18-move miniature, as Italian master Davide Isonzo does here to compatriot Valerio Di Fonzo. This French Winawer takes a very different turn from the previous game, as Isonzo as Black sacrifices half his king-side pawns in order...
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Italy's Great War tragedy
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 10/6/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...1917 the German-Austrian army broke the Italian line on the Isonzo river the 12th battle to be fought along the river in just over...outstanding history books of the year. In the serial battles of the Isonzo and the Asiago plateau two of the worst equipped and poorly...
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SLOVENIA Slovenia, a side built in Capello's mould Organisation and discipline are the hallmarks of shock European qualifiers
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 12/6/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Slovenian soil. Capello is from the small town of San Canzian d'Isonzo in north eastern Italy, just six miles from the border with...celebrations would be raucous. As the citizens of San Canzian d'Isonzo wonder what happened to the World Cup dream of their favourite...
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Isonzo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Isonzo , river, 87 mi (140 km) long, rising in the Julian Alps, NW Slovenia...emptying into the Gulf of Trieste. At the entrance to the Venetian plain, the Isonzo valley was the scene of many battles during World Wars I and II. After World...
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Gradisca d'Isonzo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Gradisca d'Isonzo , town, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, NE Italy, on the Isonzo River, near the Slovenian border. It is an agricultural center. The town was founded (late 15th cent.) by Venice as a fortress against the Turks. From 1754 to...
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Gorizia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Gorizia prov., Friuli-Venezia Giulia, NE Italy, on the Isonzo River and on the Slovenian border. It is an industrial, commercial...surrounding area in the Karst were the scene of bloody battles (see Isonzo ). The Italians took Gorizia in 1916, evacuated it in 1917...
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Dinaric Alps
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Croatian Dinara Planina, mountain system, extending c.400 mi (640 km) along the east coast of the Adriatic Sea from the Isonzo River, NE Italy, through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia, to the Drin River, N Albania...
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Hasenöhrl, Friedrich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...the outbreak of World War I, Hasen ö hrl left his university post to join the army. He was killed in the battle of Isonzo. Hasen ö hrl ’ s first systematic research, begun for his Vienna dissertation under Exner and continued...
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