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The flow rate of the Arno is irregular. It is sometimes described as having a torrentlike behaviour, because it can easily go from almost dry to near flood in a few days. At the point where the Arno leaves the Apennines, flow measurements can vary between 0.56 and 4,100 cubic metres per second (20 and 144,790 cu ft/s).
25. Aldo. While this means “old and wise,” it makes a great name for any boy. 26. Carlo. Keep your Italian heritage alive with this name that translates to “free man.”
Arno (singer) (1949–2022), stage name of Belgian singer Arno Hintjens; Arno Assmann (1908–1979), German actor, film director and television writer; Arno Babajanian (1921–1983), Armenian composer and pianist; Arno Bornkamp (born 1959), Dutch classical saxophonist; Arno Camenisch (born 1978), Swiss writer; Arno Breker (1900–1991), German ...
The Ponte Vecchio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈponte ˈvɛkkjo]; [1] "Old Bridge") [2] is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno, in Florence, Italy.The only bridge in Florence spared from destruction during World War II, it is noted for the shops built along it; building shops on such bridges was once a common practice.
Map showing Etruria and Etruscan colonies as of 750 BC and as expanded until 500 BC. Etruria (/ ɪ ˈ t r ʊər i ə / ih-TROOR-ee-ə) was a region of Central Italy delimited by the rivers Arno and Tiber, [1] an area that covered what is now most of Tuscany, northern Lazio, and north-western Umbria.
Moreover, Italian folk music reflects Italy's geographic position at the south of Europe and in the centre of the Mediterranean Sea: Slavic, Arabic, Greek, Spanish, and Byzantine influences are readily apparent in the musical styles of the Italian regions. Today, Italy's folk music is often divided into several spheres of geographic influence ...
Panettone Living nativity scene in Milazzo Christmas market in Merano Zampognari in Molise during the Christmas period. Christmas in Italy (Italian: Natale) is one of the country's major holidays and begins on 8 December, with the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, the day on which traditionally the Christmas tree is mounted and ends on 6 January, of the following year with the Epiphany ...
Bocca d'Arno (mouth of the Arno) is the traditional denomination of the late course of the Arno river, in Tuscany, central Italy. It is located near Marina di Pisa . This Tuscany location article is a stub .