Teramo
Teramo , city (1991 pop. 51,756), capital of Teramo prov., Abruzzi, central Italy. It is an agricultural and growing industrial center, with an increasingly diversified manufacturing base. Of pre-Roman origin, Teramo was included in the medieval duchy of Spoleto and, from 1814 to 1860, in the kingdom of Naples. Of note is the Romanesque cathedral (restored in the 14th cent.).
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Roman villas in Central Italy; a social and economic history.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2007; 140 words
; 9789004160378 Roman villas in Central Italy; a social and economic history. Marzano, Annalisa. BRILL...of texts and artifacts to find how elite villas in Roman central Italy related to their socio-economic surroundings. Through close...
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(book reviews)
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 11/6/1998; ; 461 words
; ...hermitage), and spent the rest of his life wandering through central Italy as a founder of monasteries, a sometime hermit, preacher...are the memories of Dominic in some of the hill towns of central Italy and some curious devotional' practices involving the draping...
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Human illnesses caused by Opisthorchis felineus flukes, Italy.(DISPATCHES)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 12/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...consumed fish from Lake Trasimeno (central Italy) (9). Our study describes 2 recent...Study In August 2007, an outbreak in central Italy involved persons who had consumed fish...from Lake Bolsena (Viterbo Province, central Italy). The fish had been frozen at -10[degrees...
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The Business of Art: Contracts and the Commissioning Process in Renaissance Italy.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 6/22/2007; ; 584 words
; ...Malley's compilation of published commissions across northern and central Italy, assembled from notarial contracts, account books, diaries...suddenly fell below those of most places in northern and central Italy, even below what artists could expect in the poorer provinces...
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Archaeology and landscape in central Italy; papers in memory of John A. Lloyd.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2008; 162 words
; 9781905905065 Archaeology and landscape in central Italy; papers in memory of John A. Lloyd. Ed. by Gary Lock and Amalia Faustoferri. Oxford U.School of Archaeology 2008 253 pages $76...
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Gastroenteritis outbreak at holiday resort, central Italy.(DISPATCHES)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...gastroenteritis outbreak spread throughout a holiday resort in central Italy. Fecally contaminated groundwater and seawater were leaking...gastroenteritis had been observed in coastal holiday resorts of central Italy before 2003. Our study's aim was to identify and eliminate...
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New EU transport commissioner.(News)
Magazine article from: International Railway Journal; 7/1/2008; 58 words
; ...commissioner, succeeding Mr Jaques Barrot who had held the position since 2004. Tajani is the Member of the European Parliament for Central Italy, and was appointed as Italy's EU commissioner in May. He was approved as transport commissioner last month by a vote of 507...
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ITALY: ISSUER RATING OF THE ITALIAN PROVINCE OF RIETI WITHDRAWN.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 12/7/2005; 47 words
; ...long-term issuer rating of the Italian Province of Rieti for business reasons. Please refer to Moody's withdrawal policy on www.moodys.com. Located in central Italy, Rieti is one of five provinces in the Region of Lazio (rated A1, negative outlook).
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Emergence of Toscana virus in Europe.(PERSPECTIVE)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 11/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...sandfly Phlebotomus perniciosus in central Italy. Many case reports in travelers and...countries in which it circulates. In central Italy, TOSV is the most frequent cause of...Monte Argentario (Grosseto province, central Italy) (1,2). Thus far, most clinical and...
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Gentile's gold.(Art)
Magazine article from: New Criterion; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...sporting driver could wish for. Fabriano, like so many towns in central Italy, emerged from the Middle Ages independent, industrious, and...Gentile's incessant lifelong travels throughout northern and central Italy? Inevitably, in the absence of a written record, the visual...
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Terni
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names
...derives from the original Interamna with Nahars representing the River Nera, on which the city lies, to distinguish it from Interamna Praetutorium (now Teramo). Interamna is said to be of Latin origin and mean ‘between the rivers’.
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di Venanzo, Gianni
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
DI VENANZO, Gianni Cinematographer. Nationality: Italian. Born: Teramo, 18 December 1920. Career: Camera assistant from early 1940s; 1949 — first film as cinematographer, Cantoria d'Angeli. Died...
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Abruzzi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...on the Adriatic Sea in the east. L'Aquila is the capital of the region, which is divided into Chieti, L'Aquila, Pescara, and Teramo provs. (named for their capitals). Abruzzi is mostly mountainous and is crossed by three ranges of the Apennines, which reach...
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