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Gradisca d'Isonzo

(Encyclopedia)Gradisca d'Isonzo grädēˈskä dēsônˈtsō [key], town, Friuli–Venezia Giulia, NE Italy, on the Isonzo River, near the Slovenian border. It is an agricultural center. The town was founded (late 1...

Pescara

(Encyclopedia)Pescara, city (1991 pop. 122,236), capital of Pescara prov., in Abruzzi, central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea at the mouth of the Pescara River. It is a fishing port and a seaside resort. Cement, textil...

Tirano

(Encyclopedia)Tirano tēräˈnō [key], town (1991 pop. 8,919), Lombardy, N Italy, on the Adda River, in the Valtellina, near the Swiss border. It is an agricultural and silk market. Nearby is the Church of the Mad...

Euphorion

(Encyclopedia)Euphorion yo͞ofôrˈēən [key], c.275–187? b.c., Greek poet, b. Chalcis. He was made (c.223 b.c.) librarian at Antioch by Antiochus the Great and held the position until his death. Highly regarded...

Ivrea

(Encyclopedia)Ivrea ēvrĕˈä [key], city, Piedmont, NW Italy, on the Dora Baltea River. It is a commercia...

Piave

(Encyclopedia)Piave pyäˈvā [key], river, c.137 mi (220 km) long, rising in the Carnic Alps, Venetia, NE Italy, and flowing generally S, past Belluno, to the Gulf of Venice. The upper Piave basin is subject to se...

Guinea, Gulf of

(Encyclopedia)Guinea, Gulf of gĭnˈē [key], large open arm of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the great bend of the coast of W Africa. It extends from the western coast of Côte d'Ivoire to the Gabon estuary and is ...

Ostrogoths

(Encyclopedia)Ostrogoths (East Goths), division of the Goths, one of the most important groups of the Germans. According to their own unproved tradition, the ancestors of the Goths were the Gotar of S Sweden. By th...

Chianti, Monti

(Encyclopedia)Chianti, Monti mōnˈtē kyänˈtē [key], small range of the Apennines, c.15 mi (25 km) long, in Tuscany, central Italy, W of the Arno River; rises to c.3,000 ft (915 m). The celebrated Chianti wines...

Falerii

(Encyclopedia)Falerii fəlērˈēī [key], ancient city of Etruria, Italy, W of the Tiber River. It was the capital of the Faliscans, a tribe who fought with the Etruscans against Rome. Falerii fell to Rome in 241 ...