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Trent , city, Italy
(Encyclopedia)Trent, Ital. Trento, Latin Tridentum, city (1991 pop. 101,545), capital of Trentino–Alto Adige and of Trent prov., N Italy, on the Adige River and on the road to the Brenner Pass. It is an industria...Parma, city, Italy
(Encyclopedia)Parma pärˈmä [key], city (1991 pop. 170,520), capital of Parma prov., in Emilia-Romagna, N Italy, on the Parma River and on the Aemilian Way. It is a rich agricultural market, a transportation junc...Lo-pu po
(Encyclopedia)Lo-pu po: see Lop Nur, China.Verona, city, Italy
(Encyclopedia)Verona vərôˈnä [key], city (1991 pop. 255,824), capital of Verona prov., Venetia, NE Italy, on the Adige River. It is a transportation junction and a major industrial and agricultural center, with...Florence, city, Italy
(Encyclopedia)Florence flôrˈəns, flŏrˈ– [key], Ital. Firenze, city (2021 est. metro area pop.709,064...Grand River, river, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Grand River, c.165 mi (270 km) long, rising in the highlands of the Ontario Peninsula, S Ont., Canada, and flowing S past Kitchener and Brantford, then SE to Lake Erie at Port Maitland. It is navigabl...Guastalla
(Encyclopedia)Guastalla gwästälˈlä [key], town, Emilia-Romagna, N Italy, on the Po River. It is an agri...Casale Monferrato
(Encyclopedia)Casale Monferrato käsäˈlā mōnfār-räˈtō [key] or Casale, city, Piedmont, NW I...Massa, city, Italy
(Encyclopedia)Massa mäsˈä [key], city (1991 pop. 66,737), capital of Massa-Carrara prov., Tuscany, N central Italy, near the Ligurian Sea. Marble is quarried, and chemicals, metals, and machinery are produced th...Marche, region, Italy
(Encyclopedia)Marche märˈkā [key] or the Marches, region (1991 pop. 1,429,205), 3,742 sq mi (9,692 sq km), E central Italy, extending from the eastern slopes of the Apennines to the Adriatic Sea. Ancona is the c...Browse by Subject
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