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  2. Most Serene Republic - Wikipedia

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    The Most Serene Republic of Lucca (Italian: Serenissima Repubblica di Lucca), a city-state that existed from 1119 to 1799 based in the city of Lucca, in northern Tuscany, Italy. Lucca was the third largest Italian city state (after Venice and Genoa) with a republican constitution (comune) to remain independent over the centuries. [5]

  3. Republic of Venice - Wikipedia

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    The Republic of Venice, [a] officially the Most Serene Republic of Venice and traditionally known as La Serenìssima, [b] was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice. Founded, according to tradition, in 697 by Paolo Lucio Anafesto , over the course of its 1,100 years of history it established itself as one of the ...

  4. Maritime republics - Wikipedia

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    That year, Carlo O. Galli claimed in a scholastic textbook that "among all the peoples of Europe, the one who in the Middle Ages rose first to great power" in navigation was the Italian people, and he attributed this to the independence enjoyed by "the maritime republics of Italy, among which Amalfi, Pisa, Genoa, Ancona, Venice, Naples and ...

  5. List of city nicknames in Italy - Wikipedia

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    Rome: the ethernal city Florence: cradle of Renaissance Venice: the Most Serene Milan: the Fashion capital Naples: city of Parthenope Bologna: the learned. the fat, and the red Pisa: the glorious. Agrigento: la città dei templi (The city of temples) [2] Alatri: la Città dei Ciclopi (the City of Cyclopes) [3] Anagni: la città dei papi (The ...

  6. Why Venice's canals are drying out - AOL

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    Can you imagine Venice without its iconic waters? After a winter of low snow and rainfall, a record low level tide of -62 centimetres above mean sea level has emptied some of the ancient city's ...

  7. Neapolitan Republic (1647–1648) - Wikipedia

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    The Neapolitan Republic (Repubblica Napoletana) was a republic created in the Kingdom of Naples, which lasted from October 22, 1647, to April 5, 1648.It began after the successful revolt led by Masaniello and Giulio Genoino against King Philip III and his viceroys.

  8. History of the Republic of Venice - Wikipedia

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    The Republic of Venice in AD 1000. The republican territory is dark red, the borders in light red. The Republic of Venice (Venetian: Repùbrega Vèneta; Italian: Repubblica di Venezia) was a sovereign state and maritime republic in Northeast Italy, which existed for a millennium between the 8th century and 1797.

  9. 20 Best Adults-Only All-Inclusive Resorts in the World - AOL

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    From cocktails to dance clubs, comfy rooms to gourmet cuisine, these adults-only all-inclusive resorts include everything you need for a vacation in one place, at one price. Let the fun begin! The ...