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Vittorio Veneto

From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

Vittorio Veneto , town (1991 pop. 29,231), Venetia, NE Italy, in the Alpine foothills. It is a secondary industrial and commercial center and a spa. There, in Oct.-Nov., 1918, the Italians won a decisive victory over the Austrians, which led to the Austro-Hungarian surrender to Armando Diaz on Nov. 3.

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