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    Vasto (Abruzzese: lù Uàštë; Ancient Greek: Ἱστόνιον, romanized: Histonion, Latin: Histonium) is a comune on the Adriatic coast of the Province of Chieti...
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    Adelaide del Vasto (Adelasia, Azalaïs) (c. 1075 – 16 April 1118) was countess of Sicily as the third spouse of Roger I of Sicily, and Queen consort of...
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    Lanza del Vasto (born Giuseppe Giovanni Luigi Maria Enrico Lanza di Trabia-Branciforte; 29 September 1901 – 6 January 1981) was an Italian philosopher...
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    Vasto Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Vasto; Concattedrale di San Giuseppe) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Vasto, Abruzzo, Italy, dedicated to Saint Joseph...
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  • Dilettantistica Vastese Calcio 1902 (formerly F.C. Pro Vasto) is an Italian association football club based in Vasto, Abruzzo. The club was founded in 1922 and subsequently...
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  • Jerry Vasto (born February 12, 1992) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies...
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    marquisate. The House of Del Vasto became masters of the city when Ulric Manfred II of Turin chose to enfeoff Boniface del Vasto as marquis. His eldest son...
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    the hill on which the town is located, the beach resort town of Marina di Vasto offers a large sandy beach and several hotels and other facilities. Further...
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    Boniface del Vasto (c. 1055 – c. 1125) was the margrave of Savona and Western Liguria from 1084 to c.1130. He was the son and successor of Otto and of...
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    died after 1075, she remarried to Henry del Vasto, second count of Paternò and brother of Adelaide del Vasto, Roger’s third wife. Matilda (c.1062 – died...
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    Mountains, in the province of Isernia and flows into the Adriatic Sea near Vasto. It also forms the border between the regions Abruzzo and Molise. Barbara...
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  • The Gulf of Vasto is a large bay of the southern Adriatic Sea in Abruzzo, Italy. It takes its name from the city of Vasto, that faces the gulf. It is...
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  • Henry del Vasto (Italia: Enrico del Vasto), died before 1141 was a son of Manfred del Vasto, margrave of Western Liguria, and brother of Adelaide, countess...
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  • children: Boniface del Vasto, margrave of Savona and Western Liguria Manfred, father of Henry del Vasto and Adelaide del Vasto Anselm Henry Otto Gerberga...
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    Italy. Its most common artisanal version, ventricina del vastese, from the Vasto area, is made with large pieces of fat and lean pork. The meat is pressed...
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    Vito Chietino Rocca San Giovanni Fossacesia Torino di Sangro Casalbordino Vasto San Salvo The coastal strip begins in the north at the mouth of the Foro...
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    Alfonso d'Avalos d'Aquino, 6th Marquis of Pescara, 2nd Marquis of Vasto (1502 – 31 March 1546), was an Italian condottiero of Aragonese origins, renowned...
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    commune in southern France that was founded in 1948 by Lanza del Vasto. Lanza del Vasto was a non-violence activist and disciple of Mahatma Gandhi. During...
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    were taken over by Edessa. In 1112 Baldwin sought to marry Adelaide del Vasto, widow of Roger I of Sicily and Regent for Roger II. The marriage was arranged...
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    "Valeria Golino chiude il 'poker di donne' della diciassettesima edizione del 'Vasto Film Festival'". histonium.net. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2013...
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  • Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto is Cattedrale di S. Giustino. The co-seat of the Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto is Concattedrale di S. Giuseppe(Vasto). The seat of the...
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    Alfonso d'Avalos Addressing his Troops (Spanish: Alocución del Marqués del Vasto) is a portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos by Titian, painted in around 1540 and...
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    Cagliari Castellammare Catania Gaeta Genoa Grignano La Spezia Manfredonia Naples Oristano Policastro Pozzuoli Salerno Squillace Taranto Trieste Vasto Venice...
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    Nicola Palizzi (20 February 1820, Vasto - 20 September 1870, Naples) was an Italian painter; known primarily for landscapes. He was born into an artistic...
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    The Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto (Latin: Archidioecesis Theatina-Vastensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church which received that name in...
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    Alfonso d'Avalos del Vasto. Del Vasto was a decorated military man in Emperor Charles V’s service. In 1538, Charles V named Del Vasto governor of Milan....
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    Seigneur de Molembaix 1487 1543   Alfonso d'Avalos d'Aquino, Marquis del Vasto 1502 1546   Francisco de Zuñiga, 3rd Count of Miranda [es] ? 1536   Maximilien...
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    People fasting against torture in Paris, 1957 (Lanza del Vasto and Louis Massignon among others)...
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  • bird in the lands, and very like a black swan"). rari nantes in gurgite vasto Rare survivors in the immense sea Virgil, Aeneid, I, 118 ratio decidendi...
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    Catholic parish church located on via Santa Maria in the historic district of Vasto, region of Abruzzi, Italy. Putatively, the first mention of this church...
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