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IsolaVulcano

Isola Lipari

IsolaStromboli

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Isola d'Ustica

Isole Eolie

Isole Pelagie

Sardegna

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Sicilia

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Torre del Greco

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Napoli

Cagliari

Sassari

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Catania

Messina

Palermo

Siracusa

Catanzaro

Cosenza

Agrigento

Alghero

Altamura

Benevento

Brindisi

Caltanissetta

Gallipoli

Olbia

Oristano

Potenza

Ragusa

Trapani

Crotone

Marsala

Iglesias

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The medical school at Salerno is theoldest in Europe, established duringthe 11th and 12th centuries.

Mt. Etna began some 300,000years ago as a submarine volcanoand has since grown to a cone witha base 30 miles (48 km) wide and10,922 ft (3329 m) high.

The George cross that appears on the Maltese flag was awarded to the islanders by King George VI of Britain for their heroism during World War II.

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