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    Norcia (Italian pronunciation: [ˈnɔrtʃa]), traditionally known in English by its Latin name of Nursia (/ˈnɜːrsiə, ˈnɜːrʃ(i)ə/), is a town and comune in...
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    New Norcia (/ˈnɔːsiə/) is a town in Western Australia, 132 km (82 mi) north of Perth, near the Great Northern Highway. It is situated next to the banks...
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    Benedict of Nursia (Latin: Benedictus Nursiae; Italian: Benedetto da Norcia; 2 March 480 – 21 March 547), often known as Saint Benedict, was an Italian...
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    Italy. Administratively, it is a frazione of the ca. 28 km distant town Norcia. According to the 2001 census, it had close to 150 inhabitants. The village...
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    New Norcia Station (also known as NNO) is an ESTRACK Earth station in Australia for communication with spacecraft after launch, in low Earth orbit, in...
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    Monte), also known as Norcia Abbey, is a Benedictine community of monks located in southeastern Umbria, just outside the city of Norcia, Italy. Originally...
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  • Federico Norcia (31 March 1904, Lugo di Romagna – 15 July 1985, Modena) was an Italian chess master. He played several times in the Italian Chess Championship...
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  • Sugar Ray Norcia (born Raymond Alan Norcia, June 6, 1954, Stonington, Connecticut, United States) is an American electric and soul blues singer and harmonica...
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  • Norcia was a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church which existed twice (c490-1000 and 1821-1986). Both times, the episcopal see was in Norcia in...
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    The New Norcia Hotel is a historic building in New Norcia, in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region. Part of the Benedictine Monastery Precinct, it opened...
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    Campi, also known as Campi di Norcia, is a frazione of the comune of Norcia in the province of Perugia, Umbria, Italy. The medieval village has a population...
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    "M6.2 – 10 km SE of Norcia, Italy". "M4.6 – 10 km W of Amatrice, Italy". "M5.5 – 4 km NE of Norcia, Italy". "M4.1 – 2 km NNE of Norcia, Italy". "M4.3 – 4 km...
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    Michelangelo Carducci (category People from Norcia)
    Umbria. He was born in Norcia. Extant works include: Resurrection of Lazarus, fresco in the Basilica of San Benedetto, Norcia (signed and dated 1560)...
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  • small river in eastern Umbria in Italy. Its source is about 1 km south of Norcia at an approximate altitude of 600 m (1950 ft), and it flows for about 7 km...
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  • Netherlands St. Gertrude's College, New Norcia, a former girls' school associated with the Benedictine Monastery in New Norcia, Western Australia St. Gertrude's...
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  • Giovanni Battista di Giovannofrio, also known as Giovanni Battista di Norcia was an Italian painter, active in the Renaissance style. He was the brother...
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    Prosciutto amatriciano [it], near Amatrice, Lazio, PGI Prosciutto di Norcia [it], Norcia, PGI Prosciutto di Sauris [it], Sauris, PGI Prosciutto crudo di Cuneo...
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    wildflowers in the spring and summer. Its single village, Castelluccio (Norcia), is perched on a high rock in the middle of plateau, and is famous for...
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    Assisi (a World Heritage Site associated with St. Francis of Assisi), Terni, Norcia, Città di Castello, Gubbio, Spoleto, Orvieto, Todi, Castiglione del Lago...
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  • of Filattiera, Tuscany Serravalle, a small settlement in the commune of Norcia, Umbria Serravalle, a small settlement in the commune of Ortonovo, Liguria...
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    574..382T. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1568-6. PMID 31499510. S2CID 174801325. Norcia, Matthew A.; Politi, Claudia; Klaus, Lauritz; Poli, Elena; Sohmen, Maximilian;...
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    August 2016  Italy A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Central Italy near Norcia, 75 km (47 mi) southeast of Perugia and 45 km (28 mi) north of L'Aquila...
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    The Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia (Latin: Archidioecesis Spoletana-Nursina) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church...
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  • name of the Etruscan goddess Nurtia (variant manuscript readings include Norcia, Norsia, Nercia, and Nyrtia), whose sphere of influence was time, fate,...
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  • New Norcia in Western Australia. She spent her childhood at St Joseph's school and orphanage, an institution for Aboriginal girls in New Norcia, before...
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  • Apennines of Italy, over a period of 19 days. The epicenters were near Norcia (14 January), Montereale (16 January) and L'Aquila (2 February), showing...
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    Città di Castello, Foligno, Perugia, Todi Delegation of Spoleto 2nd Spoleto Norcia, Spoleto, Terni Delegation of Viterbo 2nd Viterbo Orvieto, Viterbo Delegation...
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    Sabina is in the regions of Umbria (territories of Narni, Amelia, Cascia, Norcia, partially Upper Valnerina, etc.) and Abruzzo (from Valle dell'Aterno to...
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    in an underworld paradise entered through a grotto in the mountains of Norcia. Nearby the magical lake is fed by water from the cavern. Whoever stayed...
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    An ESA radio telescope located at the New Norcia Station, Western Australia, tracking the "super blue moon" of August 30, 2023. The blue colour is an effect...
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