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  2. Sambuca - Wikipedia

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    Sambuca (Italian: [samˈbuːka]) is an Italian anise-flavoured liqueur. Its most common variety is often referred to as "white sambuca" to differentiate it from other varieties that are deep blue ("black sambuca") or bright red ("red sambuca"). [ 1 ]

  3. Sambuca (instrument) - Wikipedia

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    The sambuca (also sambute, sambiut, sambue, sambuque, or sambuke [1]) was an ancient stringed instrument of Asiatic origin. The term sambuca is also applied to a number of other instruments. Original

  4. Sambuca di Sicilia - Wikipedia

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    Sambuca di Sicilia (Sicilian: Sammuca) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about 68 kilometres (42 mi) southwest of Palermo and about 89 kilometres (55 mi) northwest of Agrigento.

  5. Sambucus - Wikipedia

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    The taxonomy of the genus Sambucus L., originally described by Carl Linnaeus and hence its botanical authority, has been complicated by its wide geographical distribution and morphological diversity.

  6. Madonna dell'Udienza - Wikipedia

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    La Madonna dell'Udienza in the Sanctuary at Sambuca di Sicilia. Maria Santissima dell'Udienza or Madona dell'Udienza or Our Lady of the Audience is a marble sculpture created by the Renaissance sculptor Antonello Gagini, in the early 1500s.

  7. List of siege engines - Wikipedia

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    Sambuca: 213 BC Sicily: Roman seaborne siege engine build on two ships. Siege hook: 189 BC Rome: A siege hook is a weapon used to pull stones from a wall during a siege. The method used was to penetrate the protective wall with the hook and then retract it, pulling away some of the wall with it. Scorpio: 52 BC Gaul: Similar to the ballista, but ...

  8. Fortino di Mazzallakkar - Wikipedia

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    The Fortino di Mazzallakkar was built by the Arabs in around 830 AD, possibly to defend the territory around Sambuca di Sicilia, which was then known as Zabut. [1]The fort was still in good condition until the mid-20th century, and it was used as a shelter for sheep and cattle.

  9. Monte Adranone - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Pre-Hellenic Sicily. Monte Adranone is a mountain rising 900 metres above sea level in the north of the comune of Sambuca di Sicilia, in the Province of Agrigento.. At the summit of the mountain are the remains of an ancient city, possibly Adranon, and one of the more important archaeological sites of Magna Graecia in Sicily.