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  2. Makindu - Wikipedia

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    The town is located on the Nairobi - Mombasa Highway, in Makueni County, in southeastern Kenya on the map, close to the International border with the Tanzania . This location lies approximately 135 kilometres (84 mi), by road, southeast of Machakos, where the provincial headquarters are located. [1] Makindu lies approximately 356 kilometres ...

  3. Sikh Temple Makindu, Makindu - Wikipedia

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    The Sikh Temple, Makindu. Gurdwara Makindu Sahib (Sikh Temple Makindu) is located about 104 miles (170km) from Nairobi on the main Nairobi to Mombasa Road. It was built in 1926 by the Sikhs who were working on the construction of the Uganda railway line from the coast (Mombasa) inland to Lake Victoria and beyond to Uganda .

  4. Pontine Marshes - Wikipedia

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    Pontine Marshes. Coordinates: 41°28′N 12°54′E. Hunting in the Pontine Marshes, oil on canvas by Horace Vernet, 1833. Lake Fogliano, a coastal lagoon in the Pontine Plain. Terracina today, looking northward at the promontory: the former marsh to the right of it stretches over the horizon. In the lower right corner, the Volscian Mountains ...

  5. Monte Cassino - Wikipedia

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    Yes. Monte Cassino (today usually spelled Montecassino) is a rocky hill about 130 kilometres (80 mi) southeast of Rome, in the Latin Valley, Italy, 2 kilometres ( mi) west of Cassino and at an elevation of 520 m (1,710 ft). Site of the Roman town of Casinum, it is widely known for its abbey, the first house of the Benedictine Order, having been ...

  6. List of volcanoes in Italy - Wikipedia

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    List of mountains of Italy Notes [ edit ] ^ "A lamproitic component in the high-K calc-alkaline volcanic rocks of the Capraia Island, Tuscan Magmatic Province: evidence from clinopyroxene crystal chemical data" (PDF) .

  7. Cinque Terre - Wikipedia

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    Location of Cinque Terre in Italy. The Cinque Terre ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈtʃiŋkwe ˈtɛrre]; Ligurian: Çinque Tære; meaning "Five Lands") are a coastal area within Liguria, in the northwest of Italy. It lies in the west of La Spezia Province, and comprises five villages: Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore.

  8. Cassino - Wikipedia

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    St. Benedict. Website. Official website. Cassino ( Italian pronunciation: [kasˈsiːno]) is a comune in the province of Frosinone, Southern Italy, at the southern end of the region of Lazio, the last city of the Latin Valley. [3] Cassino is located at the foot of Monte Cairo near the confluence of the Gari and Liri rivers.

  9. Oppido Mamertina - Wikipedia

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    25 March. Website. Official website. Oppido Mamertina ( Calabrian Greek: Oppidù, Ofidus) is a town and comune of the province of Reggio Calabria in Calabria in southern Italy at about 62 kilometres (39 mi) northeast of Reggio Calabria and about 120 kilometres (75 mi) southwest of Catanzaro . It is the seat of the Diocese of Oppido Mamertina .