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    Meloria is a rocky skerry, surrounded by a shoal, off the Tuscan coast, in the Ligurian Sea, 6.1 kilometres (3.8 mi) north-west of Livorno. The Meloria...
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    Formiche della Zanca (Elba) Isola dei Liscoli (Elba) Le Scole (Giglio) Meloria Shoal (Livorno) Scoglio d'Africa (Corsica Channel) Scoglio Forano (Pianosa)...
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    Genoa fought victoriously against the Republic of Pisa in the Battle of Meloria for dominance over the Tyrrhenian Sea, and it was an eternal rival of Venice...
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    The Battle of Meloria was fought near the islet of Meloria in the Ligurian Sea on 5 and 6 August 1284 between the fleets of the Republics of Genoa and...
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    Treaty of Nymphaeum (1261) and the double victory over Pisa (Battle of Meloria (1284)) and Venice (Battle of Curzola (1298)). "The Superb", a name for...
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    del Marzocco (Marzocco breakwater), to the west by the Diga della Meloria (Meloria breakwater) built in 1900, which is the straight extension of 550 meters...
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    land and in naval battles; notable cases of the latter are the battles of Meloria and Curzola. Members of the Genoese crossbowmen were trained and organized...
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    initiators of the 1113–1115 Balearic Islands expedition. After the defeat of Meloria in 1284, the territory of the Republic gradually became more continental...
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    The naval Battle of Giglio or Montecristo was a military clash between a fleet of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and a fleet of the Republic of Genoa...
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  • events in Italy in 1241: Battle of Meloria (1241) The first Battle of Meloria took place on 3 May 1241 near Meloria islet, off Livorno, Italy. It was fought...
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    Archipelago Capraia Elba Formiche di Grosseto Giannutri Giglio Gorgona Meloria Montecristo Palmaiola Pianosa Venetian Lagoon islands Burano Chioggia Giudecca...
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    later it became a possession of the Republic of Pisa. After the battle of Meloria, the Republic of Genoa took possession of Elba, but it was regained by...
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    in 1284 when the Pisans were defeated by the Genoese in the Battle of Meloria. The seventh floor was completed in 1319. The bell-chamber was finally...
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    Captain of the People in Genoa and led its naval forces in the victory of La Meloria against Pisa in 1284 while Lamba won a major battle against Venetian Andrea...
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    Gherardesca after Ugolino della Gherardesca's betrayal in the battle of Meloria. There is a Orlandi Chapel in the church of Saint Francis in Pescia. History...
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    but Genoa had the supremacy of the Tyrrhenian Sea after the Battle of Meloria. The island returned to Pisan control under an agreement that required...
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    Lockheed Hercules C.1 crashed into the sea off the coast of Livorno by Meloria shoal, Italy, killing all 46 passengers and 6 crew. At the time it was...
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    remote. The crushing defeat experienced by Pisa in 1284 in the Battle of Meloria against Genoa had among its consequences the end of the Pisan rule and...
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  • Greek. Rustichello may have been captured by the Genoese at the Battle of Meloria in 1284, amid a conflict between the Republic of Genoa and the Republic...
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    Meloria north end Lighthouse (Italian: Faro Nord delle Secche della Meloria) is an active lighthouse located in the Ligurian Sea, 7.5 nautical miles (13...
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    of Benedetto Zaccaria and Oberto Doria, in the dramatic naval Battle of Meloria. This defeat ended the maritime power of Pisa and the town never fully...
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    owned it. It became part of the Republic of Genoa after the Battle of Meloria, being assigned to the patrician Jacopo de Mari (1430). In 1540 the Genoese...
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    Meloria south end Lighthouse (Italian: Faro Sud delle Secche della Meloria) is an active lighthouse located in the Ligurian Sea, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km;...
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    until the Napoleonic Wars. Galleys from Rapallo took part to the Battle of Meloria of 1284. On 5 September 1494, it was captured by the Aragonese, but three...
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    from Gallura. After Ugolino della Gherardesca's betrayal in the battle of Meloria, the House of Orlandi also began rivalries with the Gherardeschi. There...
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  • An incomplete list of events in 1284 in Italy: Battle of the Gulf of Naples Battle of Meloria (1284) Simone Martini Nicola Pisano v t e v t e...
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    of Pisa until 1284, when Pisa was defeated by Genova in the Battle of Meloria. At the end of the hostilities, Lajatico came back to the Bishop of Volterra...
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    destroyed after the crushing defeat of the Pisan fleet in the Battle of Meloria in 1284. In 1399, Pisa sold Livorna to the Visconti of Milan; in 1405 it...
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    dell'Isola del Giglio Formiche della Zanca Isolotto della Paolina Le Scole Meloria Scoglio d'Africa Scoglio del Corvo Scoglio del Gatto Scoglio dell'Ogliera...
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    Tyrrhenian Sea after the decisive naval victory against Pisa in the Battle of Meloria (1284). Genoa had also started to form colonies of Ligurians in the Eastern...
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