CIVITAVECCHIA

chēˈvētä-vĕkˈkēä, city (1991 pop. 51,201), in Latium, W central Italy, on the Tyrrhenian Sea. The harbor, favored by Trajan (early 2d cent. a.d.), is still the chief port of Rome. It also handles traffic for the Terni industrial area and is the main maritime link with Sardinia. Industries produce metals, machinery, chemicals, and cement. The arsenal in Civitavecchia was built by Bernini, and Michelangelo directed the final stages of the construction of the powerful citadel (begun 1508, nearly destroyed in World War II).

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books on: Civitavecchia  - 205 results

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The Transportation Corps: Operations Overseas
Book by Joseph Bykofsky, Harold Larson; Office of the Chief of Military History, 1990
Subjects: United States--Army--Transportation Corps, World War, 1939-1945--Transportation
...Port supervised operations. 96 At Civitavecchia all ships at first had to be discharged...long tons per day. As a supply port Civitavecchia had only fleeting significance. Until...but thereafter the volume dwindled. Civitavecchia, like Piombino, took ships diverted...
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A Chronology of Leonardo Da Vinci's Architectural Studies after 1500
Book by Carlo Pedretti; E. Droz, 1962
Subjects: Leonardo--Da Vinci--1452-1519
...is the same type that appears in the Civitavecchia folios. Folio 44 can be convincingly...relation between folio 44 and those of Civitavecchia might be the ancient numeration of...relations of folio 44 to the folios of Civitavecchia rise the possibility that the "ghost...
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The Regions of Italy: A Reference Guide to History and Culture
Book by Roy Domenico; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Italy--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc
...revival had to wait. Papal control of Civitavecchia, nonetheless, had already begun to...the sixteenth century the revitalized Civitavecchia became home both to the papal fleet...Bernini built a shipyard arsenale in Civitavecchia, but it was destroyed during the Second...
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Britain and the Papacy in the Age of Revolution, 1846-1851
Book by Saho Matsumoto-Best; Royal Historical Society, 2003
Subjects: Catholic Church--Foreign Relations--Great Britain, Church And State--Great Britain--History--19th Century, Great Britain--Foreign Relations--1837-1901, Great Britain--Foreign Relations--Catholic Church, Great Britain--Foreign Relations--Italy--Papal States, Papacy--History--19th Century, Papal States--Foreign Relations--Great Britain
...the force that would shortly land at Civitavecchia was intended to maintain ... the...before the French forces arrived at Civitavecchia, the pope went even further, stating...pope. When the French army landed in Civitavecchia on 24 April and then marched towards...
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Early Rome and Latium: Economy and Society C. 1000 to 500 BC
Book by Christopher John Smith; Clarendon Press, 1996
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology)--Italy--Lazio, Lazio (Italy)--Antiquities, Lazio (Italy)--History, Rome--History--To 510 B.C
...into three sectors; the acropolis, Civitavecchia, and Casalazzara. The fortifications...as the building of the temple on the Civitavecchia plain; a third temple followed on...This leaves the temple of Hercules in Civitavecchia approximately 32 m by 35 m , the inner...
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journal articles on: Civitavecchia  - 13 results

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Christian Pessimism on the Walls of the Vatican Galleria Delle Carte Geografiche
Journal article by Walter Goffart; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 51, 1998
Subjects: Geography, Historical--Illustrations, photographs, etc., Maps, Early--Analysis, Vatican City--Galleries and museums
...is illustrated in the detail showing Civitavecchia; also recalled is his attempt to revive...the gallery specializes in ports: Civitavecchia and Ancona in alignment with the maps...France. 33 Gambi, 1:364 no. 399 (Civitavecchia, beside "Italia Nova"), 390...
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Bridging Two Worlds: Stephen Larigaudelle Dubuisson, Émigré Missionary
Journal article by Ruth Harwood Cline; The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 90, 2004
Subjects: Catholicism, Clergy, Dubuisson, Ettiene Larigaudelle, France, Historians, Missionaries, Personal profiles
...Lazareto in Livorno.94 When he tried to sail from Genoa to Civitavecchia, the small vessel was struck by sirocco winds, turned...cholera, forced to anchor in deep water, denied entry to Civitavecchia, and returned to Genoa.95 He also visited his brothers...
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The Diplomatic Missions of Bishop Joseph Rosati, C.m
Journal article by Stafford Poole; The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 91, 2005
Subjects: Catholic churches, History, Missionaries, Personal profiles, Religious history, Rosati, Joseph (1789-1843)
...the proposed concordat.142 On March 17, Rosati was in Civitavecchia, preparing for his departure. The secretary of the Congregation...Baltimore he was to go to Haiti. He and Brassac sailed from Civitavecchia on March 19,1843, and after three days arrived at Marseilles...
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Miscellanea Curiositae Michelangelae: A Steep Tariff, a Half Dozen Horses, and Yards of Taffeta
Journal article by William E. Wallace; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 47, 1994
Subjects: Art, Renaissance--Study and teaching, Italy--16th century, Michelangelo Buonarroti--Biography
...preventing the arrival of the ship. He now awaited it "chon passione."(12) Three days later we learn that it was at Civitavecchia more than fifty kilometers north of Rome and still delayed "pel maltempo."(13) We do not know exactly when the ship...
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Torture and Teaching: the Reception of Lucas Cranach the Elder's Martyrdom of the Twelve Apostles in the Protestant Era
Journal article by Mitchell B. Merback; Art Journal, Vol. 57, 1998
Subjects: Art criticism, Art history, Cranach, Lucas, Protestantism, Religious education, Rhau, Georg, Visual artists
...eighteenth centuries-for example, the travel accounts of the French Dominican Father Labat. Witnessing a hanging at Civitavecchia, near Rome, Labat left a morbid account of the ensuing display of the corpse, which the executioner mutilated and stripped...
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magazine articles on: Civitavecchia  - 4 results

 
 
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A Roman Empire Cruise Such as the Romans Never Had
Magazine article by James Allan Evans; Contemporary Review, Vol. 289, Winter 2007
Subjects: Italy--Description and travel, Ocean travel--Personal narratives
...cruises starting in Rome board ship at Civitavecchia an hour and a half by bus north of...book to this part of the world, calls Civitavecchia a dismal city, and so it is, but...Empire cruise over, it was back to Civitavecchia to board a bus through the Tuscan countryside...
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New Members
Magazine article; PSA Journal, Vol. 69, May 2003
Subjects: Photographers, Photographic Society of America--Membership, Trade and professional associations--Membership
...Tewari, Allahabad, India, PSA Website Jasbir Singh Kamboj, Chandigarh, India, PSA Website Associazione Cinefotografica Civitavecchia, BFI, Rome, Italy, PSA Website Zenting Yuan, Shanghai, PR China, PSA Website Nan Yi Photographic Studio, Beijing...
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Charlemagne's Elephant
Magazine article by Richard Hodges; History Today, Vol. 50, December 2000
Subjects: Charlemagne--Biography, Rome, Italy--History
...true in places like Ghent or Huy, while further south in Italy new towns like Sicopolis, near Capua, and Centocelle near Civitavecchia were laid out rather in the image of the mid ninth-century Leonine city filling the zone between the Vatican and the river...
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Portrait of a Pseudonym
Magazine article by Hortense Calisher; American Scholar, Vol. 67, Summer 1998
Subjects: Anonyms and pseudonyms--Usage, Authors--Personal narratives, Pseudonyms--Usage, Writers--Personal narratives
...one by one. Did Marie-Henri Beyle become Stendahl because he was also an officer in Napoleons army and later consul at Civitavecchia? Or because his wit alienated most of his contemporaries except for Balzac, who while covering the widest possible span...


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newspaper articles on: Civitavecchia  - 305 results

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Grab an End of Season Bargain
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), September 23, 2006
...Dubrovnik, Venice (overnight), Naples, Civitavecchia (for Rome) and ends up in Barcelona...Grand Mediterranean cruise departing Civitavecchia (Rome) on Oct 22 and calling at Naples...departs Livorno on Sep 26, calling at Civitavecchia (Rome), Naples, Messina, Cephalonia...
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Latedeals
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), March 29, 2008
Subjects: Airlines, Ferry services, Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd.
...Galaxy ex-UK Aug 22 and sailing from Civitavecchia to Sicily, Athens, Mykonos, Ephesus...ex-Palma to Majorca, Sardinia, Civitavecchia, La Spezia, Villefranche, Menorca...Funchal, Malaga, Cartagena, and Civitavecchia (Rome) from pounds 595, incl outbound...
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Med in Heaven; GERRY MILLAR Sets Sail for the Trip of a Lifetime on a Princess Cruise
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), May 29, 2010
...might be in high demand. The port of Civitavecchia is a two-hour bus journey from Rome...Italian coast meant we couldnt dock at Civitavecchia. It was a big disappointment to American...Italy lacking in culture and style? CIVITAVECCHIA WE couldnt dock at Civitavecchia but...
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TRAVEL: Ciao Do They Do That? WE KNOW ITALIANS THE ARE GREAT AT FOOTBALL AND FOOD..BUT ARE THEY ANY GOOD AT CRUISES?
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), January 6, 2007
...like a jewel on the grubby quayside at Civitavecchia as we drove on the autostrada from...not a moment to lose. Once out of Civitavecchia, the next morning sees us at Savona...our case at least, it was back to Civitavecchia and a comfortable coach transfer to...
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Marco's Med Kitchen; Lessons from the Fiery TV Chef Are Just One of This Summer's Mediterranean Cruise High Spots
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), May 17, 2009
...Barcelona, Alicante, Villefranche and Civitavecchia (for Rome), are from pounds sterling1...roundtrip cruises depart for 11 nights from Civitavecchia until November 9 and include Turkey...Majorca, Tunis, Malta, Sicily, Civitavecchia and Savona are from pounds sterling1...
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encyclopedia articles on: Civitavecchia  - 4 results

 
 
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Civitavecchia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CIVITAVECCHIA che veta-vek kea, city (1991 pop. 51,201), in Latium, W...produce metals, machinery, chemicals, and cement. The arsenal in Civitavecchia was built by Bernini, and Michelangelo directed the final stages...
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Latium
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...materials, and processed food. There is a large tourist industry, and fishing is pursued along the coast, especially at Civitavecchia, the regions chief port. In ancient times, Latium comprised a limited area E and S of the Tiber River that extended to...
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Rome , City, Italy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...times Rome is a center of transportation. It is the focus of international traffic by road, rail, sea (at the port of Civitavecchia ), and air (at Leonardo da Vinci international airport at Fiumicino) and is as well a cultural, religious, political...
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Stendhal
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Stendhal was appointed consul at Trieste, but because Metternich objected to his books and liberal ideas, he was shifted to Civitavecchia in 1831. He wrote constantly there, although he did not publish; among the works of that period are Souvenirs degotisme...


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