Otranto (UK: /ɒˈtræntoʊ/, US: /oʊˈtrɑːntoʊ/, Italian: [ˈɔːtranto]; Salentino: Oṭṛàntu; Griko: Δερεντό, romanized: Derentò; Ancient Greek: Ὑδροῦς, romanized: Hudroûs;...
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The Castle of Otranto is a novel by Horace Walpole. First published in 1764, it is generally regarded as the first gothic novel. In the second edition...
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The Strait of Otranto (Albanian: Ngushtica e Otrantos; Italian: Canale d'Otranto) connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea and separates Italy from...
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of 1480, the Ottoman Empire invaded southern Italy, and laid siege to Otranto, finally capturing it on 11 August. This was their first outpost in Italy...
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HMS Otranto was an armed merchant cruiser requisitioned by the British Admiralty when World War I began in 1914. Built before the war for the UK–Australia...
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The Otranto Barrage was an Allied naval blockade of the Strait of Otranto between Brindisi in Italy and Corfu on the Greek side of the Adriatic Sea in...
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Look up Otranto in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Otranto is a city in Italy. Otranto may also refer to: HMS Otranto Otranto Township, Mitchell County...
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The Martyrs of Otranto, also known as Saints Antonio Primaldo and his Companions (Italian: I Santi Antonio Primaldo e compagni martiri), were 813 inhabitants...
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Vlora-Otranto Tunnel is a proposed undersea tunnel that aims to connect Vlorë, in Albania, with Otranto, in Italy, across the Strait of Otranto a narrow...
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Otranto Plantation is a historic plantation house located in Hanahan, Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was built before 1778, and is a 1 1/2-half story...
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Castle of Otranto (Czech: Otrantský zámek) is a 1977 Czechoslovak animated short film by Jan Švankmajer. It is based on Horace Walpole's 1764 novel The...
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least 2 British ships have been named SS Otranto after the Strait of Otranto between Italy and Albania. SS Otranto – 1909 ship that served as an armed merchant...
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of the Strait of Otranto of 1917 was the result of an Austro-Hungarian raid during the Adriatic Campaign of World War I on the Otranto Barrage, an Allied...
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Strait of Otranto can refer to: Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917), a 1917 naval battle during World War I Action in the Strait of Otranto, a 1940 naval...
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The Tragedy of Otranto took place on 28 March 1997 when the Albanian ship Kateri i Radës sank in a collision with the Italian corvette Sibilla (F 558)...
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Otranto Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Otranto; Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Maria Annunziata) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the Italian city of Otranto...
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Otranto is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Otranto Township, Mitchell County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census...
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Archdiocese of Otranto (Latin: Archidioecesis Hydruntina) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. The seat of the diocese is at Otranto Cathedral...
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malarial and uninhabitable. Except for a few port cities, such as Bari, Otranto, Gallipoli and Taranto, all settlements are therefore located inland. Thus...
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Otranto Plantation Indigo Vats are historic indigo vats located near Goose Creek, Berkeley County, South Carolina. Indigo vats are where fermentation...
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The Portuguese expedition to Otranto in 1481, which the Portuguese call the Turkish Crusade (Portuguese: Cruzada Turca), arrived too late to participate...
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Duke of Otranto (French: Duc d'Otrante) is a hereditary title in the nobility of the First French Empire which was bestowed in 1809 by Emperor Napoleon...
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Giorgio Otranto (19 September 1940 – 5 January 2023) was an Italian historian, specialized in the history of early Christianity. Born in Corigliano Calabro...
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The Lecce–Otranto railway is an Italian 47-kilometre (29-mile) long railway line, that connects Lecce with Zollino, Maglie and Otranto. The route operates...
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The Terra di Otranto, or Terra d'Otranto (in English, Land of Otranto), is an historical and geographical region of Apulia, largely corresponding to the...
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Francis (2013–) during his pontificate, which includes the 813 Martyrs of Otranto as a group, 23 who were equipollently canonized and 4 who were canonized...
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The Otranto Bridge was located northwest of St. Ansgar, Iowa, United States. It carried traffic on 480th Avenue over the Cedar River for 170 feet (52 m)...
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Otranto is a railway station in Otranto, Italy. The station is located on the Lecce–Otranto railway. The train services and the railway infrastructure...
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work to call itself Gothic was Horace Walpole's 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto, later subtitled "A Gothic Story". Subsequent 18th-century contributors...
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northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto (where it connects to the Ionian Sea) to the northwest and the Po Valley...
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