Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts
Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean
Sea and an autonomous region of Italy.
The nearest land masses as the island of
Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia, the Balearic Islands, and Provence.
The region has its capital in its largest city, Cagliari, and is divided into
eight provinces. Source
Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and an autonomous region of Italy. The nearest land masses are (clockwise from north) the island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia, the Balearic Islands, and Provence. The region has its capital in its largest city, Cagliari, and is divided into eight provinces. Source
Sugar Loaf Dam is a dam in Lake County of mid-Colorado, four miles west of Leadville. It has a height of 135 feet and is over 2000 feet long at its crest, impounding the Lake Fork of the Arkansas River near its headwaters. The earthen dam was one of five reservoir dams completed from 1965 to 1968 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation as part of the larger water control project called the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. The project was authorized in 1962 by President Kennedy and was completed in 1981. Source
Marche is one of the 20 regions of Italy. In English,
this region is also known as the Marches. Marche extends over an area of 9,694
square kilometres of the central Adriatic
slope between Emilia-Romagna to the north, Tuscany and Umbria to the west, and Lazio
and Abruzzo to the south, the entire eastern boundary being formed by the Adriatic.
Marche was known in ancient times as the Picenum territory. Source
Tuscany is a region in central Italy with an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence. Tuscany is known for its landscapes, traditions, history, artistic legacy and its influence on high culture. It is regarded as the birthplace of the Renaissance and has been home to many figures influential in the history of art and science, and contain well-known museums such as the Uffizi and the Pitti Palace. Source
Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea; along with surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, and it is officially referred to as Regione Siciliana. Sicily is located in the central Mediterranean. It extends from the tip of the Apennine peninsula, from which it is separated only by the narrow Strait of Messina, towards the North African coast. Its most prominent landmark is Mount Etna, which, at 3,350 m, is the tallest active volcano in Europe and one of the most active in the world. Source
