Strait of Otranto – between Italy and Albania Palk Strait – between India and Sri Lanka Panama – between North America and South America (Panama Canal) Parry...
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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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of the country, bordering the Adriatic Sea to the east, the Strait of Otranto and Ionian Sea to the southeast and the Gulf of Taranto to the south. The...
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José Echegaray (redirect from José de Echegaray)
.. ¿y acertarás? (1884) La peste de Otranto (1884) Vida alegre y muerte triste (1885) El bandido Lisandro(1885) De mala raza(1886) Dos fanatismos (1886)...
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Kingdom of Naples. Mehmed II appeared in the Otranto canal, where only a thousand fighters were protecting Otranto, while another 400 arrived from Naples led...
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Mason, Diane; Hughes, William (eds.). Fictions of Unease: The Gothic from Otranto to The X-Files. Bath: Sulis Press. Garnett, Rhys (1990), Garnett, Rhys;...
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Mediterranean Sea (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
southwestern Italy the Gulf of Squillace, southern Italy the Strait of Otranto, between Italy and Albania the Gulf of Haifa, northern Israel the Gulf...
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merchant ships. This action took place near the Strait of Otranto (see Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1940)). Force X also bombarded the port of Durazzo (now...
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end of the Uskok War, Francisco de Rivera came out of Brindisi with a fleet of 15 galleons to patrol the Strait of Otranto. After approaching the allied...
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(43 mi) from the Albanian coast, at the narrowest point of the Strait of Otranto. It is Capo d'Otranto (also called Punta Palascìa), located at 40° 7' north...
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arch at Beneventum. Travellers could cross the Adriatic Sea through the Otranto Strait towards Albania either by landing at present day Durrës through...
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already from the early days of patrolling the whole Adriatic from Istria to Otranto, against piracy, reinforced by powerful ships built on the model of the...
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Ancona and attempting an incursion from the mouth of the Po. In the canal of Otranto they then destroyed other Venetian ships coming from Sicily. The following...
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September 2017). "A pesar de la recusación, Otranto sigue al frente de la causa por el desalojo de la ruta 40" [Despite the recusal, Otranto is still in charge...
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served as its flagship. During World War I she provided cover for the Otranto Barrage that blockaded the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the Adriatic Sea, but...
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Messapians (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
ranging from Otranto to Leuca and from Leuca to Manduria. The northern part on the Adriatic belonged to the Kalabroi and extended from Otranto to Egnatia...
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[Exploratory and biological innovations in underwater caves of the Otranto Canal]. ResearchGate (in Italian). Cardone, F.; Corriero, G.; Longo, C. (2020)...
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Cunard's Franconia, Furness, Withy's Monarch of Bermuda, Orient Line's Otranto and P&O's RMS Strathaird and Stratheden. Escorts included three County-class...
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(2008). La conquista turca di Otranto (1480): Tra storia e mito. Atti del convegno internazionale di studio: Otranto-Muro Leccese, 28–31 marzo 2007 (in...
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described by Walpole as "the scene that inspired, the author of The Castle of Otranto", though Michael Snodin has observed: "it is an interesting comment on...
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Renzo Piano (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
their first projects was a plan for the rehabilitation of the old port of Otranto from an industrial site into a commercial and tourist attraction (1977)...
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SMS Gneisenau (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
HMS Good Hope and Monmouth, Glasgow, and the converted armed merchant cruiser Otranto. The flotilla was reinforced by the elderly pre-dreadnought battleship...
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Austro-Hungarian Navy (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
World War I. During most of World War I, the Allied Powers maintained the Otranto Barrage to bottle up the k.u.k. Kriegsmarine in the Adriatic Sea. Largely...
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Prince Louis of Battenberg (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
naval forces, and would at minimum prevent them passing the Strait of Otranto. Anti-German sentiment rose among the British public, in newspapers, and...
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bombardment of mount Lovćen Otranto Barrage (1915–1918) Battle of Durazzo (1915) Third bombardment of mount Lovćen Battle of the Otranto Straits (1917) Battle...
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localities: Alcamo, Benevento, Cáller, Catania, Marsala, Messina, Oristán, Otranto, Palermo, Salerno, Sácer, Tarento, and Trapani. Finally, several were dedicated...
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Amantia (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
Adriatic Sea Strait of Otranto Sason • Island • Margëlliç Lofkënd • Byllis • • Nikaia • Triport Aulon • Kaninë • Olympe • Amantia • Matohasanaj • Bay...
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species – are regularly concentrated by narrow straits (the Dardanelles, the Otranto Channel, the Strait of Messina, the Corsica Channel, the Sicily Channel...
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Napoleonic Wars (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
where he agreed to let Britain retain Malta if France could occupy the Otranto peninsula in Naples. All efforts were futile, and Britain declared war...
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December 1915. In March 1918, he was appointed second-in-command of the Otranto Barrage, a naval blockade between Italy and Corfu which was intended to...
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