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    island of Corsica, in the French department of Corse-du-Sud. Bonifacio is the setting of Guy de Maupassant's short story "A Vendetta". Bonifacio is located...
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    Valley to the coastal town of Bonifacio, over 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) east on the southern tip of the island of Corsica in the Mediterranean. Melanie...
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    Gallicum, Fretum Taphros) is the strait between Corsica and Sardinia, named after the Corsican town Bonifacio. It is 11 km (6.8 mi) wide and divides the Tyrrhenian...
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    The flag of Corsica was adopted by General of the Nation Pasquale Paoli in 1755 and was based on a traditional flag used previously. It portrays a Moor's...
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    the Mesolithic is named Lady of Bonifacio. It was found at what is the Avenue Sylvère Bohn, north of Bonifacio, on Corsica. There is a rock shelter there...
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    Corsica (/ˈkɔːrsɪkə/ KOR-sik-ə; Corsican: [ˈkorsiɡa, ˈkɔrsika]; Italian: Corsica; French: Corse [kɔʁs] ) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one...
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  • between Corsica and Sardinia. Cavallo is the southernmost inhabited territory of metropolitan France and part of the commune of Bonifacio, Corsica. Cavallo...
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  • Look up Bonifacio in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bonifacio may refer to: Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud, a town in Corsica, France Strait of Bonifacio, separating...
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    built the fortress that later was to bear his name (Bonifacio) in the south. For the next century, Corsica was a part of the March of Tuscany. Boniface' son...
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  • list of castles, which are located in Corsica. Château de Tuda, in Olmeta-di-Tuda Citadelle de Bonifacio, in Bonifacio Citadelle de Calvi, in Calvi Château...
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    of France, Monaco (where it is called Monégasque), the village of Bonifacio in Corsica, and in the villages of Carloforte on San Pietro Island and Calasetta...
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    Corse in the Invasion of Corsica (1553). Bastia fell on the 24th, Saint-Florent on the 26th, Corte shortly after and Bonifacio in September. Before they...
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    [kɔʁs dy syd] ; Corsican: Corsica suttana [ˈkorsiga zutˈtana], Pumonte [puˈmɔntɛ] or Pumonti [puˈmɔnti]; English: Southern Corsica) is (as of 2019) an administrative...
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    Sainte-Marie-Majeure de Bonifacio (Corsican: Ghjesgia Santa Maria Maiò) is a Roman Catholic church in Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud, southeastern Corsica. The building...
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    landing on the south end of Corsica, and to support artillery batteries capable of controlling the Strait of Bonifacio between Corsica and the Italian island...
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  • d'instruction de la Légion étrangère (G.I.L.E)) was stationed at Bonifacio (Corsica) for instruction and at Corté (Minoterie) for the instruction of the...
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    Église Saint-Dominique de Bonifacio is a church in Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud, southeastern Corsica. It is the largest church on the island. The church is...
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    arches in an aisle of the Bristol Cathedral Buttressing arches in Bonifacio, Corsica Flying buttress, an outside arch built to relieve the horizontal thrust...
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    Strait of Bonifacio: A line joining the West extreme of Cape Testa (41°14′N) in Sardinia with the Southwest extreme of Cape Feno (41°23′N) in Corsica. On the...
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    The French conquest of Corsica was a successful expedition by French forces of the Kingdom of France under Comte de Vaux, against Corsican forces under...
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    prehistory of Corsica begins with the Mesolithic (Pre-Neolithic) when people from prehistoric Sardinia crossed the Strait of Bonifacio to hunt from rock...
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    The HVDC Italy–Corsica–Sardinia (also called SACOI; Sardinia–Corsica–Italy) is an HVDC interconnection used for the exchange of electric energy between...
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    French: Conflit Corse) is an armed and political conflict on the island of Corsica which began in 1976 between the government of France and Corsican nationalist...
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  • of regimental operations. The operational group was stationed in Bonifacio, Corsica until 1977, the year of dissolution of the (G.O.L.E) to become a main...
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    Italian occupation of Corsica refers to the military (and administrative) occupation by the Kingdom of Italy of the French island of Corsica during the Second...
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  • The railways in Corsica (part of France) are metre gauge and are operated by Chemins de fer de la Corse. A list of stations follows. Calvi - terminus...
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    the Strait of Bonifacio that separates Corsica from Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea. They are administered from the town of Bonifacio (French department...
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    It is widely planted in both Sardinia and Liguria, to some extent in Corsica, in Piedmont under the name Favorita, and in increasing amounts in Languedoc-Roussillon...
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    Copenhagen Opera House, Copenhagen Jun 22 Jun 20 Jun 18 Aug 25 Jul 16 Bonifacio, Corsica Jun 23 Seine River, Eiffel Tower, Paris Jun 18 Jun 18 Saint-Raphaël...
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  • suggested an underwater tunnel between Santa Teresa (Sardinia) and Bonifacio (Corsica). Other April's fool jokes involucrate a Bridge between both islands...
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