ISCHIA

ēsˈkyä, volcanic island (1991 pop. 16,013), 18 sq mi (47 sq km), Campania, S Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea between the Gulf of Gaeta and the Bay of Naples. Known as the Emerald Isle, it is a health resort and a tourist center, celebrated for its warm mineral springs and for its scenery. Fishing and farming are also pursued, and wine (Epomeo), tiles, and pottery are made. Settled in the 8th cent. b.c., the island was abandoned several times because of volcanic eruptions (the last of which occurred in 1301). There was a severe earthquake in 1883. Monte Epomeo (2,585 ft/788 m) is the island's highest point. Ischia, the main town, has an imposing 15th-century castle, constructed on foundations built by the Greeks in the 5th cent. b.c.

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books on: Ischia  - 445 results

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Ancient Italy: Historical and Geographical Investigations in Central Italy, Magna Graecia, Sicily, and Sardinia
Book by Ettore Pais, C. Densmore Curtis; University of Chicago Press, 1908
Subjects: Greeks--Italy, Italy--History
XVII NAPLES AND ISCHIA AT THE TIME OF SULLA According to the...she lost possession of the island of Ischia. To this fact are supposed to refer he...stating that the Neapolitans had occupied Ischia after the departure of Hiero, and that...
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The Western Greeks: The History of Sicily and South Italy from the Foundation of the Greek Colonies to 480 B.C
Book by T. J. Dunbabin; Clarendon Press, 1948
Subjects: Greece--Colonies--Italy
...preceded by a settlement on the island of Ischia, in which Eretrians and Khalkidians shared...Etruria. The site of the Greek colony on Ischia has been found, though not yet excavated...eighth century. 3 A native village on Ischia has yielded a L.H. III sherd 4 and...
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The Life and Letters of Frances Baroness Bunsen
Book by Augustus J. C. Hare; G. Routledge, 1880
Subjects: Bunsen, Frances Waddington--Baroness--1791-1876
...across the island, and again embarked for Ischia, where we arrived at sunset, and found...formerly a villa, delightfully situated. At Ischia we remained three days, one day longer...Capri. But we enjoyed every hour spent in Ischia, and could with pleasure have stayed...
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Italy: A Popular Account of the Country, Its People, and Its Institutions (Including Malta and Sardinia)
Book by W. Deecke, H. A. Nesbitt; Swan Sonnenschein, 1904
Subjects: Italy, Malta
...trachytic rock of Vivara, and behind this Ischia. This last is entirely volcanic and owes...driven away by an eruption. Etna and Ischia AEnaria were brought together in the legend...itself and formed the trachytic cliffs of Ischia, the two secondary craters of Monte Rotaro...
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Greek Identity in the Western Mediterranean: Papers in Honour of Brian Shefton
Book by Kathryn Lomas; Brill, 2004
Subjects: Greeks--Western Mediterranean--Ethnic Identity--History--To 1500, Pottery, Greek--Western Mediterranean
...This might seem easier to explain in Ischia, but there is slight enough evidence...are considerable differences too between Ischia and Sardinia in terms of eastern goods...notion that all Greek pottery outside Ischia in the west has to be carried by Phoenicians...
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Exhumation of an Active Magmatic-hydrothermal System in a Resurgent Caldera Environment: the Example of Ischia (Italy)
Journal article by A. Sbrana, P. Fulignati, P. Marianelli, A. J. Boyce, A. Cecchetti; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 166, 2009
Subjects: Exhumation
...Resurgent Caldera Environment: the Example of Ischia (Italy) by A. Sbrana , P. Fulignati...Marianelli , A. J. Boyce , A. Cecchetti Ischia is an island located in the northern part...volcanic field in the Mediterranean. Ischia represents a rare case of well-exposed...
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Modern Seawater Acidification: the Response of Foraminifera to High-co2 Conditions in the Mediterranean Sea
Journal article by B. B. Dias, M. B. Hart, C. W. Smart, J. M. Hall-Spencer; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 167, 2010
Subjects: Ammonia, Experiments, Salinity
...Spencer The seas around the island of Ischia (Italy) have a lowered pH as a result...gradients at CO2 vents on the coast of Ischia and show that the foraminiferal distribution...water environments around the coast of Ischia (Bay of Naples, Italy) show marked...
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"La Bestia Paziente": Images of the Body in the Fiction of Erri De Luca
Journal article by Marina Spunta; Italian Culture, Vol. 20, 2002
Subjects: Italian fiction--Criticism and interpretation
...Napoli era ossessionata dalla miseria e Ischia rappresentava, a contrasto, tutti i...from city rules in the summers spent on Ischia, when the body regained full identity...of nature in the fishing community of Ischia (already encountered in Non ora, non...
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The Stratigraphic Role of Marine Deposits in the Geological Evolution of the Panarea Volcano (Aeolian Islands, Italy)
Journal article by F. Lucchi, C. A. Tranne, N. Calanchi, P. L. Rossi, J. Keller; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 164, 2007
Subjects: English language, Islands, Volcanoes
...Tuffs from the island of Salina, the Ischia Tephra from the Phlegrean Volcanic District...Lipari (Tranne et al. 2002a). The Ischia Tephra, in particular, is a fundamental...Basiluzzo) to 55 ka (age of the overlying Ischia Tephra). Moreover, three pumiceous...
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Coaching Athletes Using Laban Movement Analysis
Journal article by Janet Hamburg; JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, Vol. 66, 1995
Subjects: Physical education and training--Methods, Physical education--Methods, Sports--Training
...bodys bony landmarks (heels, coccyx, ischia, head, shoulder blades, etc.) and...Visualizing the connections between the ischia, coccyx, and heels helps athletes ground...to shoot accurately if the coccyx and ischia stay aligned above the heels on the descent...
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Facade: William Walton Was an Anodyne Laureate Who Preferred Porn to Performances of His Own Work. Is His Centenary Worth Commemorating
Magazine article by Peter Conrad; New Statesman, Vol. 131, March 18, 2002
Subjects: Composers--Biography, Walton, William--Biography
...in Oldham on 29 March 1902 and died in Ischia, on an estate resembling a lush tropical...jewelled perks. In 1949, he moved to Ischia with his young wife Susana, ignoring...Between times, landscaping a hillside in Ischia and renting out holiday cottages to friends...
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Sir William Walton: a Centenary Tribute
Magazine article; Musical Opinion, Vol. 125, December 2001
...1902 in Oldham in Lancashire and died in Ischia on 8 March 1983. His musicality developed...championed Williams music and used their Ischia home to further the causes of music and...settled on the Mediterranean island of Ischia, whose environment is felt by some to...
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Stage Struck
Magazine article by Diana Burrell; Musical Times, Vol. 140, Summer 1999
...many years before. Yet Henze, though devastated, returned to Ischia and began working on Act 2 of Konig Hirsch. Henze articulates...relationship with Walton, at one stage a near-neighbour in Ischia. Henze clearly loved the old man dearly in spite of having...
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Shavian Matters Revisited
Magazine article by Michael P. Zirpolo; IAJRC Journal, Vol. 44, June 2011
...Glow (splitting the first trumpet book); George Schwartz, Roy Eldridge, trumpets; Ollie Wilson and Gus Dixon (Agostino Ischia, younger brother of clarinetist Joe Dixon), splitting the trombone jazz solos, with Wilson playing lead; Bob Swift, and...
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Food Security Threatened by Acidifying Oceans
Magazine article; Pacific Ecologist, Winter 2011
Subjects: Chemical oceanography--Environmental aspects, Chemical oceanography--Research, Marine ecosystems--Environmental aspects, Oceans--Chemical properties, Oceans--Environmental aspects
...as windows on how ecosystems may react to a future ocean with high CO.sub.2. Recent studies of a Mediterranean vent in Ischia showed certain changes. (19) Some algae and sea grasses were found to grow more efficiently closer to vents where there was...
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THE MAGIC of ISCHIA; Italian Island Known for Thermal Waters, Gorgeous Scenery
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 13, 2007
Subjects: Resorts
THE MAGIC of ISCHIA; Italian Island Known for Thermal Waters...Fletcher SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES ISCHIA, Italy - We have the luxury seaside resort...band, happy victims of the magic that is Ischia, a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian...
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THE ITALIAN JOB; Much Loved by the Italians and More Affordable Than Capri, the Island of Ischia Is a Holiday Hideaway for the Stars and You, Says Cathy Hawker
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), November 11, 2009
Subjects: Real estate industry
...Affordable Than Capri, the Island of Ischia Is a Holiday Hideaway for the Stars and...Hawker DURING the 1950s the small island of Ischia in the Mediterranean attracted a star...which sits across the Mediterranean Sea. Ischia is 19 miles from Naples, a 50-minute...
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Holidays: ISCHIA INDULGENCE
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), November 27, 2005
Holidays: ISCHIA INDULGENCE. Byline: By ADELE EVANS IT...and mythological heroes took a break in Ischia, bathing in the hot bubbling springs...there are views over the Bay of Naples. Ischia is the largest of the Neapolitan islands...
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Your Travel: PIZZA & QUIET; FROM DESIGNER CHIC TO UNSPOILT BEAUTY ON THE ISLANDS OF CAPRI, ISCHIA & PROCIDA IN THE BAY OF NAPLES
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), November 16, 2008
Subjects: Louis Vuitton S.A.
...UNSPOILT BEAUTY ON THE ISLANDS OF CAPRI, ISCHIA PROCIDA IN THE BAY OF NAPLES. Byline...Procida and the unspoilt volcanic beauty of Ischia, the largest of the trio. Shop windows...into the islands main port from Naples or Ischia by hydrofoil ferry (EUR16.50 one...
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A STAR PERFORMER; JAMES HUGHES-ONSLOW Is Dazzled by Ischia, Italy's Glittering Island ..
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 15, 2009
...JAMES HUGHES-ONSLOW Is Dazzled by Ischia, Italys Glittering Island ... Byline: JAMES HUGHES REACHING Ischia is no mean feat. You take a taxi from...harm. In fact, the volcanic nature of Ischia is a key part of its charm, providing...
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encyclopedia articles on: Ischia  - 5 results

 
 
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Ischia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ISCHIA es kya, volcanic island (1991 pop. 16,013), 18 sq mi (47 sq km...1883. Monte Epomeo (2,585 ft/788 m) is the islands highest point. Ischia, the main town, has an imposing 15th-century castle, constructed on foundations...
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Italy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...The country includes the large Mediterranean islands of Sicily and Sardinia and several small islands, notably Elba , Capri , Ischia , and the Lipari Islands . Vatican City and San Marino are two independent enclaves on the Italian mainland. Rome is Italys...
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Campania
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Apennines W to the Tyrrhenian Sea and from the Garigliano River S to the Gulf of Policastro. It includes the islands of Capri, Ischia, and Procida. Naples is the capital of Campania, which is divided into Benevento, Caserta, Naples, and Salerno provs...
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Naples , City, Italy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...north to the Sorrento peninsula in the south and is dotted with towns and villas. Near its entrance are the islands of Capri, Ischia, and Procida. Naples is a crowded and noisy city, famous for its songs, festivals, and gaiety. Especially interesting...
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Hip
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...bones separate in youth: the ilium, ischium, and pubis. The two prominences commonly...the seated body are projections of the ischia. At the body midline, fibrous tissue...buckling. With maturity, the ilium, ischium, and pubis meet and grow together at...


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