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    Civitavecchia (Italian: [ˌtʃivitaˈvɛkkja], meaning "ancient town") is a city and major sea port on the Tyrrhenian Sea 60 kilometres (37 miles) west-northwest...
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    Port of Civitavecchia, also known as "Port of Rome", or Civitavecchia Port of Rome, is the seaport of Civitavecchia, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy...
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  • The Arsenal of Civitavecchia is a now destroyed naval arsenal which was commissioned by Pope Alexander VII to house the fleet of the Papal Navy. It was...
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  • Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Civitavecchia 1920 is an Italian association football club located in Civitavecchia, Lazio. It currently plays in Eccellenza...
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  • The Rome–Civitavecchia railway line is one of the oldest railways in Italy, constructed in what was then the Papal States, opening in 1859 and is 72.6 km...
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    Arpino (Southern Latian dialect: Arpinë) is a comune (municipality) in the province of Frosinone, in the Latin Valley, region of Lazio in central Italy...
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    The main ports of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Italy are: Naples, Palermo, Civitavecchia (Rome), Salerno, Trapani, and Gioia Tauro. There is also Bastia, located...
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    cream. In 1995, a Madonna statue appeared to weep blood in the town of Civitavecchia in Italy. About 60 witnesses testified to witnessing the phenomenon...
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    The Diocese of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia (Latin: Dioecesis Centumcellarum-Tarquiniensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic...
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    first used as the name of another elderberry liquor that was created in Civitavecchia around 1850 by Luigi Manzi. Sambuca may be served neat. It may also...
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    ancient Roman baths complex located about 4 km east of the city of Civitavecchia. They are also known as the Baths of Trajan as they may form part of...
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    protective force. A small Papal Navy was also maintained, based at Civitavecchia on the west coast and Ancona on the east. With the fall of the Papal...
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    the copy of the statue in Civitavecchia, Italy, was removed and installed at the Caen Memorial in Normandy. In Civitavecchia, controversy arose with hundreds...
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    construction of four triremes in Civitavecchia to protect against piracy. In 1494, Charles VIII captured Civitavecchia, and held the city for several months...
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    Civitavecchia railway station (Italian: Stazione di Civitavecchia) serves the town and comune of Civitavecchia, the sea port for Rome, in the region of...
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    Mussolini supported the establishment of the Betar Naval Academy in Civitavecchia to train Zionist cadets, arguing that a Jewish state would be in Italy's...
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    "IL PORTO DI CIVITAVECCHIA". pilotiportidiroma.it (in Italian). 2024-03-24. "Crociere: in calo i passeggeri nei porti liguri, Civitavecchia stabile". amp24...
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    boutique, a shopping centre. Cruise Roma is operated on the route linking Civitavecchia, Italy to Barcelona, Spain via Porto Torres (Sardinia), together with...
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    designation "R5" for that route. Civitavecchia ↔ Roma Termini The FL5, a radial route, runs from the west coast at Civitavecchia in a south easterly direction...
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    Alexandria (the main Egyptian grain port during the Roman Empire) to Civitavecchia (the modern port for Rome) is 1,142 nautical miles (2,115 km; 1,314 mi)...
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    included the city's metropolitan area and extends further north until Civitavecchia. The Metropolitan City of Rome is the largest by area in Italy. At 5...
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  • Torrenieri), northern Lazio (Tarquinia, Blera, San Lorenzo Nuovo, Civitavecchia) and Umbria (villa di Casa Pisana in Castel Giorgio), with additional...
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  • Las Vegas, Nevada Giuliano Gemma 1938 2013 75 years Italian actor car Civitavecchia, Italy Two passengers died in car crash. Bill George 1929 1982 52 years...
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    received on 1 August 1975, the II Services Battalion "Centauro" in Civitavecchia from the Armored Division "Centauro". This battalion had been formed...
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    police in "Operazione Paprika". The ro-pax ferries travelling between Civitavecchia and Barcelona were used for the transport of cocaine, hidden in passenger...
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    Giancarlo Peris (category Sportspeople from Civitavecchia)
    torch for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Peris was born in Civitavecchia, a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea 70 kilometers northwest of Rome....
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    Pesaro Urbino Perugia Rieti Spoleto Benevento Frosinone Velletri Rome Civitavecchia Orvieto Viterbo Between the Congress of Vienna (1815) and the capture...
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    temporary Termini Station as the terminus of the Rome–Frascati, Rome–Civitavecchia and Rome-Ceprano lines. The first two lines previously had separate...
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    Catholic Italian saint and virgin martyr. She is the patroness saint of Civitavecchia, and Amelia Cathedral is dedicated to her. She is said to have lived...
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    continuation of the Tuscan Maremma), a coastal plain interrupted at Civitavecchia by the Tolfa Mountains (616 m). The central section of the region is...
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