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    The Serchio (Italian: [ˈsɛrkjo]; Latin: Auser) is the third longest river in the Italian region of Tuscany at 126 kilometres (78 mi), coming after the...
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  • province of Lucca, in Tuscany. It is the upper valley or basin of the river Serchio, and thus lies between the main ridge of the Northern Apennines to the...
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    Italian: [ˈlukka] ) is a city and comune in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population...
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    people and is the chief town of the "Media Valle" (mid valley) of the Serchio River. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages...
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    Piazza al Serchio is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 90 kilometres (56 mi) northwest of...
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    the walls were put to the test was during the disastrous flood of the Serchio River in November 18, 1812. The doors were bolted and reinforced with mattresses...
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    northwest of Lucca. The municipality is located in Serchio Valley, on the west bank of the Serchio river. It is served by Barga-Gallicano railway station...
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    Piazza al Serchio railway station (Italian: Stazione di Piazza al Serchio) is a railway station located in the Tuscany region of central Italy serving...
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    love of Shelley's life, was remembered by the poet in "The Boat on the Serchio", which has been considered as possibly "the grandest portrayal of orgasm...
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    activities. Elements of the 92nd moved to the Serchio sector, 3 November 1944, and advanced in the Serchio River Valley against light resistance, but the...
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  • usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead. Serchio, the third longest river in the Italian region of Tuscany, known in antiquity...
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    northern Tuscany, Italy. They are included between the valleys of the Serchio and Magra rivers, and, to the northwest, the Garfagnana and Lunigiana,...
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    volunteered to stay behind in the Italian village of Sommocolonia, in the Serchio River Valley. American forces had been forced to withdraw from the village...
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    Lucca. It sits on a hillside above the river Esarulo, a tributary of the Serchio. The town is renowned for the band Filarmonica Alpina, founded in 1858...
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    is divided into four areas; Piana di Lucca, Versilia, Media Valle del Serchio and Garfagnana. Versilia is known for its extensive beaches, and there...
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    limited objectives attack on the left wing of the U.S. Fifth Army in the Serchio valley in front of Lucca to pin units there which might otherwise be switched...
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    (the river Serchio) which surrounded Lucca. Tradition attributes the land reclamation to Fridianus, bishop of Lucca, who had the Serchio flow directly...
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    Piazza al Serchio and Aulla, on 27 June 2022 between Lucca and Fornaci di Barga and finally on 1 September 2022 between Piazza al Serchio and Fornaci...
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    Ponte della Maddalena is a bridge crossing the Serchio river near the town of Borgo a Mozzano in the Italian province of Lucca. It's one of numerous medieval...
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    working miracles. His most famous one is considered a legend. The River Serchio, which ran past Lucca, often flooded the nearby city. The citizens became...
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    Summer Television film (Hallmark) 2023 The Wedding Veil Expectations Tracy Serchio Television Film Trilogy (Hallmark) The Wedding Veil Inspiration The Wedding...
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    cries: Qui non ha luogo il Volto Santo! qui si nuota altrimenti che nel Serchio. A legend of a fiddler devotee of the statue receiving a shoe in precious...
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    takes its name, in the Mologno frazione of Barga, on the east bank of the Serchio river. Barga-Gallicano forms part of the Lucca–Aulla railway. The station...
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    several battles, most notably at Collecchio, Camaiore, Monte Prano, and Serchio Valley. Brazil's navy and air force played important roles in protecting...
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    month, the Brazilian unit had conquered Monte Prano and controlled the Serchio valley region without suffering any major casualties. In October, it also...
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    Bagni di Lucca, Tuscany. The Bridge spans the river Lima, a branch of the Serchio, and links Fornoli and Chifenti. When a prior 1317 stone bridge attributed...
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    Rapido Tiber Marta Arrone Fiora Ombrone Arno Bisenzio Elsa Era Pesa Sieve Serchio Magra Vara Allia Aniene Cremera Nera Corno Sordo Velino Turano [it] Salto...
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    in the province of Lucca, in northern Tuscany (Italy), located on the Serchio River. The town is mentioned for the first time in 879, when a document...
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    part of the Apennine System. Topographically only the valley of the River Serchio, which running parallel to the coast turns and exits into the Tyrrhenian...
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    besieged once again. During the siege, the Florentines tried to stem the Serchio to flood Lucca, but due to some errors, the Florentine camp flooded. Meanwhile...
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