The origin of the city of Taranto dates from the 8th century BC when it was founded as a Greek colony, known as Taras. Taras gradually increased its influence...
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Taranto (Italian pronunciation: [ˈtaːranto] ; Tarantino: Tarde) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Taranto...
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The Battle of Taranto took place on the night of 11/12 November 1940 during the Second World War between British naval forces, under Admiral Andrew Cunningham...
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of Apulia. Taranto became the capital of the principality, which covered almost all of the heel of Apulia. During its subsequent 377 years of history...
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Taranto Football Club 1927, commonly referred to as Taranto, is a professional Italian football club, based in Taranto, Apulia. Originally founded in 1927...
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(formerly the Greek colony of Taras) See also History of Taranto Tarentum (Campus Martius), also Terentum, an area in or on the edge of the Campus Martius in...
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Operation Slapstick (category History of Taranto)
sea at the Italian port of Taranto during the Second World War. The operation, one of three landings during the Allied invasion of Italy in September 1943...
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Robert II of Taranto (1319 or early winter 1326 – 10 September 1364), of the Angevin family, Prince of Taranto (1331–1346), King of Albania (1331–1332)...
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took place in Calabria (Operation Baytown) and Taranto (Operation Slapstick). Following the defeat of the Axis powers in North Africa in May 1943, there...
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province of Taranto (Italian: provincia di Taranto; Tarantino: provìgne de Tarde; Salentino: provincia ti Tàrantu), previously known as the province of the...
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Bohemond I of Antioch (c. 1054 – 5 or 7 March 1111), also known as Bohemond of Taranto or Bohemond of Hauteville, was the prince of Taranto from 1089 to...
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Isabella of Clermont (c. 1424 – 30 March 1465), also known as Isabella of Taranto, was queen of Naples as the first wife of King Ferdinand I of Naples,...
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Taranto in the Apulia region of Italy. 8th C. BCE - "Greeks from Sparta and Laconia took ancient...
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Prisma Volley (redirect from Prisma Taranto)
Prisma Taranto is a professional Volleyball based in Taranto, Italy. It plays in Italian Volleyball League. It was created in 1997 under the name of Magna...
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seat of the Archdiocese of Taranto. "Taranto Cathedral". Religiana. Retrieved 2022-07-25. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cathedral (Taranto). 40°28′34″N...
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centre of Taranto, Italy. It is the oldest temple in Magna Graecia and the only Greek religious structure still visible in the old town of Taranto. The temple...
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Philip I of Taranto (10 November 1278 – 26 December 1331), of the Angevin house, was titular Latin Emperor of Constantinople (as Philip II) by right of his...
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Joan of Taranto (died March 1323) was Queen of Armenia by marriage to Oshin, King of Armenia. As daughter of Philip I, Prince of Taranto, she was a member...
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Apulia (redirect from History of Apulia)
east, the Strait of Otranto and Ionian Sea to the southeast and the Gulf of Taranto to the south. The region comprises 19,345 square kilometers (7,469 sq mi)...
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Battle of Tarentum of 209 BC took place during the Second Punic War. The Romans, led by Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, recaptured the city of Tarentum...
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Verona Messina Padua Trieste Brescia Taranto Parma Prato Modena Metropolitan cities of Italy List of metropolitan areas of Italy "Bilancio demografico mensile"...
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Catherine II, also Catherine of Valois or Catherine of Taranto (before 15 April 1303 – October 1346), was the recognised Latin Empress of Constantinople from 1307–1346...
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History of Rome, 25. 7. 10-1. 8. 10. Adrian Goldsworthy, The Fall of Carthage, pp 231-232; Polybius, The Histories, 8. 24. 4-34. 13; Livy, History of...
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The Port of Taranto (Italian: Porto di Taranto) is a port serving Taranto, southeastern Italy. One of the first in Italy for goods traffic, it is located...
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serving Taranto and Grottaglie, both comunes in the province of Taranto in Italy. The airport is located 1.5 kilometres (0.9 mi) from the city of Monteiasi...
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– February 1130) was Prince of Taranto from 1111 to 1128 and Prince of Antioch from 1111/1119 to 1130. He was the son of Bohemond I, who in 1108 was forced...
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Charles of Taranto (1296 – 29 August 1315) was the eldest son of Philip I, Prince of Taranto and titular Latin Emperor of Constantinople, and his wife...
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This is a timeline of Roman history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the Roman Kingdom and Republic and the...
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Louis of Taranto, was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou who reigned as King of Naples, Count of Provence and Forcalquier, and Prince of Taranto. Louis...
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Cumae, Naples, Reggio Calabria, Crotone, Sybaris, and Taranto, as well as in the eastern two-thirds of Sicily. After 650 BC, the Etruscans became dominant...
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