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The Naousa Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) was established in 1971 and mandates the use of 100% Xinomavro grapes. Good examples age well due to the wine's high acidity and tannin content, and can be similar enough to wines made from Nebbiolo grapes that comparisons are often made to Italy's highly regarded Barolo. [5]
Latin still in use today is more often pronounced according to context, rather than geography. For a century, ecclesiastical Latin, that is Latin with an Italianate pronunciation, has been the official pronunciation of the Catholic Church due to the centrality of Italy and Italian, and this is the default of many singers and choirs.
The town and various villages on the islands of Ischia and Procida were used to represent Mongibello in a 1999 film based on the novel. [ 14 ] Positano is also home to football club A.S.D. San Vito Positano 1956, who play at Stadio Vittorio de Sica and compete in the Promozione Campania.
Craco is a ghost town and comune in the province of Matera, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata.It was abandoned towards the end of the 20th century, due to faulty pipe work that was thought to have failed, causing the town to be abandoned due to a landslide.
/ ˈ h ɪ m ən / [n 12] Hochheim, Texas: HOH-hyme / ˈ h oʊ h aɪ m / Hockessin, Delaware: HOH-kess-in / ˈ h oʊ k ɛ s ɪ n / Holcomb, Missouri: HAW-kəm / ˈ h ɔː k əm / Houston, Delaware: HOW-stən / ˈ h aʊ s t ən / Also places in Georgia and Ohio, and the New York City street Houston, Texas: HEW-stən, YOO-/ ˈ (h) juː s t ən ...
Chioggia served Carlo Goldoni as the setting of his play Le baruffe chiozzotte, one of the classics of Italian literature: a baruffa was a loud brawl, and chiozzotto (today more frequently chioggiotto in Italian, or cioxoto in Venetian) is the demonym for Chioggia. Goldoni took his setting seriously: the play is replete with lacemaking ...
When asked to reveal the name of his son, Musk tweeted: “X Æ A-12 Musk.” At first it was not clear if Musk was joking about the name, or if he was being cryptic. It later turned out he was ...
Enoshima, Island of E (江の島) is a small offshore island, about 4 km (2.5 mi) in circumference, at the mouth of the Katase River which flows into the Sagami Bay of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Administratively, Enoshima is part of the mainland city of Fujisawa , and is linked to the Katase section of that city by a 389-metre-long (1,276 ft ...