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• Gulf of Taranto
  ...the capes ''Santa Maria di Leuca'' (east, [[Apulia]]) and ''Colonna'' (the ancient ''Cape Lacinium'', west, in [[Calabria]]). It is surrounded by three Italia ...s on the gulf are [[Taranto]] and [[Gallipoli, Italy|Gallipoli]]. Also the Greek colonies ([[Magna Graecia]]) of [[Crotone|Croton]], [[Heraclea (Lucania)|He
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• Bari
  == Ancient Bari == ...as early as [[181 BC]], was probably the principal one of the district in ancient times, as at present, and was the centre of a fishery.
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• Catanzaro
  ...uigi Settembrini]], the name could also be derived by the [[Greek language|Greek]] words ''kata'- antheros'' "on the flowery (hills)" ...the population, and a second in [[1832]] completed the destruction of most ancient historical buildings.
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• Crotone
  ...n colony of '''Croton''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: '''Κρότων'''; [[Modern Greek]]: '''Κρότωνας'''; [[Latin language|Latin]]: '''Crotona'''), it was ...m [[588 BC]] onwards, Croton produced many generations of victors in the [[Ancient Olympic Games|Olympics]] and the other [[Panhellenic Games]], the most famo
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• Campania
  The name derives from [[Latin]], as it was called by [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] '''Campania felix''' ("fortunate countryside"), a name that i ...attractions include the [[Cumaean Sibyl|Sibyl]]'s cave at [[Cumae]], the [[Greek temple]]s at [[Paestum]], the Roman ruins at [[Pompeii]] and [[Herculaneum]
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• Tropea
  '''Nicotera''', the ancient [[Medama]], is a city of the [[Province of Catanzaro]], in Calabria, Italy; ...hedral, restored after its destruction by the earthquake of 1783. Here the Greek Rite was formerly used. Only three bishops before the Norman conquest are k
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• Art of Italy
  ...s the [[visual arts]] in [[Italy]] from ancient times to the present. In [[Ancient Rome]], Italy was a centre for art and architecture. There were many Italia ...Greek cities of the Mediterranean. The Hellenistic styles then current in Greek civilization were adopted.
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• Calabria
  ...g [[Sybaris]], [[Crotona]], and [[Locri]], were numbered among the leading cities of [[Magna Graecia]] during the [[6th century BC|6th]] and [[5th century BC ...]], organized a government along Byzantine lines that was run by the local Greek magnates of Calabria. In 1098, Pope [[Urban II]] bestowed on Roger the equ
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• Architecture
  ...in language|Latin]], ''architectura'' and ultimately from [[Greek language|Greek]], ''αρχιτεκτων'', "a master builder", from ''αρχι-'' "chief, ...nstant engagement with the divine and the [[supernatural]], while in other ancient cultures such as [[Iran]] architecture and [[urban planning]] was used to e
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• History
  ...r Veal". Coins bearing the name ''Italia'' were minted by an alliance of [[Ancient Italic peoples|Italic]] tribes ([[Sabines]], [[Samnites]], [[Umbrians]] and {{main|Ancient Italic peoples}}
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• Palermo
  ...s fine natural harbour. It should be noted however that the city was never Greek. Palermo is widely considered to be the most conquered city in the world, a Palermo is among the richest cities of monuments in Italy, and perhaps in the world. It is also the main centre
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• History of Naples
  ==Naples in the Ancient Era and in Late Antiquity== ...en by the natives--bear traces of all the periods in its history, from its Greek birth until the present day.
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• Genoa
  ...is probably [[Ligurian language|Ligurian]], meaning "knee" (from [[Ancient Greek]] ''gony'' "knee"), i.e. "angle", from its geographical position, thus akin ===Ancient era and early Middle Ages ===
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• Ancient Rome
  ...pg|thumb|right|400px|The [[Roman Forum]] was the central area around which ancient Rome developed.]] '''Ancient Rome''' was a [[civilization]] that grew out of the [[city-state]] of [[Rom
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• Rapallo
  ...he findings have not cleared if it was of [[Etruscan]] or [[Greater Greece|Greek]] origin. *The ''Porta delle Saline'', the only gate remained of the ancient walls.
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• Southern Italy
  ...to]], [[Reggio Calabria]], [[Foggia]] and [[Salerno]] are the next largest cities in the area. [[Palermo]] would be the second largest city if one includes S ...After [[Pyrrhus of Epirus]] failed in his attempt to stop the spread of [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] hegemony in [[282 BC]], the south fell under Roman domination
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• Modena
  An ancient town, it is the seat of an [[archbishop]], but is now best known as "the ca === Ancient times ===
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• Padua
  ...ng the various branches of the [[Bacchiglione]], which once surrounded the ancient walls like a [[moat]]. ...but during the [[Gothic War]] it made submission to the [[Byzantine Empire|Greek]]s in [[540]]. The city was seized again by the Goths under [[Totila]], but
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• Sicily
  ...lian]] and [[Sicilian language|Sicilian]], ''Σικελία'' in [[Greek language|Greek]]) is an [[Autonomous regions with special statute (Italy)|autonomous regio ==Towns and cities==
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• Italian literature
  ...de [[Dante Alighieri]], [[Machiavelli]] and [[Petrarch]]. For works from [[ancient Rome]] see [[Latin literature]]. ...d is the closest to a kind of poetry that perished or was smothered by the ancient Sicilian literature. Its distinguishing point was its possession of all qua
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