The Imperia is a statue at the entrance of the harbour of Constance, reminding of the Council of Constance that took place here between 1414 and 1418. The concrete statue is 10 meters high, weighes 18 tonnes, and stands on a pedestal that rotates around its axis once every three minutes. It was created by Peter Lenk and errected in 1993.
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The name Pelagie comes from the Greek word "pelaghia", meaning high sea. The archipelago is the most southern part of Italy, and is part of the African continent.
Forlė (44°13? N 12°02? E)is a city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. In Ancient Rome, it was called Forum Livii, after Livius Salinator, who perhaps founded it in 188 BC
Pordenone (Friulian Pordenon) is a comune of Pordenone province of northeast Italy in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region.
The AUTOWORLD museum in the Cinquantenaire Parc is really a 'must' for fanatics of old-timer cars. The more than 400 cars in this museum came mainly from the automobile collections of Ghislain Mahy and Charly De Pauw.
The more than 400 cars in this museum comprise one of the world's top collections of vintage and classic cars. On display also is the history of the automobile from 1886 up to the 1970's. There is, first of all, an exhibit of Belgian automobiles. Belgian car manufacturers no longer exist, but names such as Minerva, FN, Imperia, Nagant, Germain and Vivinus are names
Oristano is a city and a province in Sardinia, Italy.
Its origins are very ancient, and it was the main town of the Giudicato of Arborea, an independent district self-governed from the 10th to 14th century.
It has a poor economy, largely focused on fishing.
