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    Piazza Armerina (Gallo-Italic of Sicily: Ciazza; Sicilian: Chiazza) is a comune in the province of Enna of the autonomous island region of Sicily, southern...
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    Piazza Armerina Cathedral (Italian: Cattedrale di Maria Santissima delle Vittorie, Duomo di Piazza Armerina) is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in...
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    elaborate Roman villa or palace located about 3 km from the town of Piazza Armerina, Sicily. Excavations have revealed Roman mosaics which, according to...
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    Caltagirone and the Livorno Division withdrew its right flank toward Piazza Armerina, to cover the Hermann Göring Division. Early on 13 July, elements of...
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  • The Pinacoteca Comunale of Piazza Armerina is the civic art gallery of the town of Piazza Armerina, province of Enna, region of Sicily, Italy. Many of...
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    palace decoration. The mosaics of the Villa Romana del Casale near Piazza Armerina in Sicily are the largest collection of late Roman mosaics in situ...
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    The Diocese of Piazza Armerina (Latin: Dioecesis Platiensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Sicily. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese...
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    The Garibaldi Theatre is a theatre in Piazza Armerina, Sicily, southern Italy. The theatre was built to the east of the town, close to the 14th century...
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    capital was designated as Enna (then called Castrogiovanni), instead of Piazza Armerina, due to the influence of politician Napoleone Colajanni. Following...
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    Torelli, M. (1988). "Piazza Armerina: Note di iconologia". In Rizza, G. (ed.). La Villa romana del Casale di Piazza Armerina. Catania. p. 152. Dunbabin...
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    the 4th century and located about 3 km (2 mi) outside the town of Piazza Armerina. It contains the richest, largest and most complex collection of Roman...
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    model wearing an identical bikini against the 4th-century mosaics from Piazza Armerina as part of a sisterhood between the bikini-clad female athletes of...
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    the apse mosaics in the triconch triclinium at the Villa del Casale, Piazza Armerina, which may also refer to Licinius. There is also a mosaic at Antioch...
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    Ruins of the domestic basilica at the Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, 4th century...
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    Fratello and San Piero Patti (Province of Messina), Aidone, Nicosia, Piazza Armerina and Sperlinga (Province of Enna). The Arbëreshë people settled in Southern...
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    completing his laurea in 1962 with a thesis on the Roman villa of Piazza Armerina. His research is focused on the topography of ancient Rome, Etruria...
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    Dittaino-Piazza Armerina-Caltagirone : (Piazza Armerina-Caltagirone section closes): 25 June 1969, (closing of the Dittaino-Piazza Armerina section):...
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    Boris Giuliano (category People from Piazza Armerina)
    Police inspector Boris Giuliano Born (1930-10-22)October 22, 1930 Piazza Armerina, Enna, Sicily, Italy Died July 21, 1979(1979-07-21) (aged 48) Palermo...
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    major centres where these dialects can still be heard today include Piazza Armerina, Aidone, Sperlinga, San Fratello, Nicosia, and Novara di Sicilia. Northern...
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    between Lentini and Syracuse on the Messina-Siracusa. The Dittaino-Piazza Armerina-Caltagirone railroad, no longer in existence had many rack and pinion...
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    Spanish honorary consulate in Ventimiglia. Ventimiglia is twinned with: Piazza Armerina, Sicily Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo Seborga Biblioteca Aprosiana...
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    A rhinoceros depicted on a Roman mosaic in Villa Romana del Casale, an archeological site near Piazza Armerina in Sicily, Italy...
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  • Company (47/32 anti-tank guns) Division Services XVI Army Corps, in Piazza Armerina - Generale di Corpo d'Armata Carlo Rossi - responsible for Sicily to...
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    Cucufate, Portugal Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli Villa Romana del Casale in Piazza Armerina, Sicily Villa of the Quintilii, Rome Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii...
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  • 699 m (2,293 ft) Struga 698 m (2,290 ft) Valladolid 698 m (2,290 ft) Piazza Armerina 697 m (2,287 ft) Alcorcón 695 m (2,280 ft) Avezzano 695 m (2,280 ft)...
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    populations." Cavalli-Sforza, Luigi Luca; Menozzi, Paolo; Cavalli-Sforza, Luca; Piazza, Alberto; Cavalli-Sforza, Luigi (1994). The History and Geography of Human...
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    Gaziantep, Turkey The mosaic floors of the Villa Romana del Casale, in Piazza Armerina, Sicily Detail of Alexander Mosaic, depicting Alexander the Great,...
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    (1964) 639 Elton (1996) 107 Goldsworthy (2003) 120, 127 Mosaic from Piazza Armerina Sumner and D'Amato, 7–9 Sumner and D'Amato, 37 Goldsworthy (2003) 129...
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    siege of Catania after only ten days, instead marching to lay siege to Piazza Armerina some 40 miles to the west. Scordia put his plan into action, successfully...
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    example takes up all the floor of a room in the Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, one of the finest sites for mosaics. Other notable examples...
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