Article: kingdom of Sardinia

Article: Sar.
The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations;      5 words ...Sar. Sarawak • Sardinia(n)

Article: Sardinia
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      470 words ......mostly on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, which is separated in the north from...Maddalena islands. Cagliari is the capital of Sardinia, which is divided into the provinces...pastures cover more than half the area of Sardinia; sheep and goats are widely raised. Wheat...

Article: Risorgimento
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      700+ words ......the Two Sicilies (1820) and in the kingdom of Sardinia (1821). Despite severe reprisals inspired by...later turned out, was Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia. The Fight for Unification Sardinia assumed the leadership of the Risorgimento...

Article: Camillo Benso Cavour, conte di
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      449 words ......1852-59, 1860-61) of the Kingdom of Sardinia . The active force behind King Victor...successfully pressed King Charles Albert of Sardinia to grant a constitution to his people...premier, he aimed at making the kingdom of Sardinia the leading Italian state by introducing...

Article: Cagliari
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      130 words ..., city (1991 pop. 204,237), capital of Sardinia and of Cagliari prov., S Sardinia, Italy, on the Gulf of Cagliari (an arm of the...of the Mannu River. It is the largest city in Sardinia and is a modern port and an industrial center...

Article: Sardinia vows to accept more trash despite violent protests
AP Worldstream;  January 12, 2008 ;     378 words ...Sardinia's top official said Saturday the island region would...rocks, garbage and homemade explosives around the home of Sardinian regional President Renato Soru. Soru had agreed to accept...encouraged young people to turn to violence and promised that Sardinia would continue helping Naples. I wasn't ...

Article: Berlusconi's candidate wins elections in Sardinia
AP Worldstream;  February 17, 2009 ;     113 words ......Berlusconi's conservatives have won elections in Sardinia, picking up another victory after their...provider Tiscali SpA, which is based in Sardinia, and stepped down as chairman of the...2004. Berlusconi had campaigned hard in Sardinia to back Cappellacci, who is a member...

Article: Sardinia. (Wine Notes).(Brief Article)
Wines & Vines;  April 1, 2002 ;     72 words ...It's not often we taste wines from Sardinia. Thanks to Palm Bay Imports in Boca Raton, Fla., we had a hit...is OK, and is clean, not grassy, at least to me. Food? Well, Sardinia is an island, so seafood is an easy call. Personally, this Sauvignon...

Article: Victor Emmanuel I
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      104 words ...1759-1824, king of Sardinia (1802-21). His brother and predecessor...his territories except the island of Sardinia to France in the French Revolutionary...Emmanuel accompanied his brother to Sardinia and succeeded him on his abdication...

Article: Villafranca di Verona
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      142 words ......the same year by the Treaty of Zürich. Sardinia, Napoleon's ally, was not represented. Austria ceded Lombardy, which was added to Sardinia; Venetia remained Austrian. The rulers...confederation under the presidency of the pope. Sardinia ignored the last two clauses; to obtain...

Article: Lucifer of Cagliari
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      79 words ..., d. 370, bishop of Cagliari, Sardinia (353-70), violent opponent of Arianism . As legate of Pope Liberius...against those who seemed to submit to Arianism, and on his return to Sardinia (362) he formed a sect of his own, barring all who had strayed...

Article: Naples' Trash Boats Head to Sardinia
AP Online;  January 10, 2008 ;     385 words ......garbage from Naples docked at the island of Sardinia on Thursday as the government worked...announced earlier this week. Officials on Sardinia, whose Emerald Coast is a favorite of...residents and political opponents of Sardinia's regional government were reported near...

Article: Enzio
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      65 words ...or Enzo , c.1220-72, king of Sardinia, illegitimate son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II . He married a Sardinian heiress and was made king of Sardinia by his father. In the wars between Frederick and the pope he fought gallantly in Italy. Helping...

Article: Tyrrhenian Sea
Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names;      22 words ...Tyrrhenian Sea A part of the Mediterranean Sea between Italy and Sardinia whose name is derived from the Latin Tyrrhenus ‘Etruscan’.