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Pantelleria

Italian comune
NamePantelleria
Official nameComune di Pantelleria
CountryItaly
RegionSicily
ProvinceTrapani (TP)
MayorSalvatore Gabriele
Total Area32 sq mi (83 km2)
Total Population7729 (30 April 2009)
DemonymPanteschi
Elevation16.4 ft (5 m)
Patron saintSt. Fortunatus
Area code0923

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:'Pantellaria redirects here. For the brachiopod genus, see Pantellaria (brachiopod).Pantelleria ( ), the ancient Cossyra, is an Italian island in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, 100 km (62.1 mi) southwest of Sicily and just 60 km (37.3 mi) east of the Tunisian coast. Administratively Pantelleria is a comune belonging to the Sicilian province of Trapani. With an area of 83 km2 (32 sqmi), it is the largest volcanic satellite island of Sicily.

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Io e Diego cerchiamo di creari strani effetti unendo coca e mentos ^^ Buoni risultati
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Trapani is presented by Alessandro Sorbello Sorbello Productions www.alessandrosorbello.com as part of the Sensational Sicily Project http See the channel here www.youtube.com Trapani is a city on the west coast of Sicily in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani . Originally founded by ancient Greeks, the city is still an important fishing port and the main gateway to the nearby Egadi Islands. Accommodation options here www.accommodationsicily.com History - Trapani was founded by the Elymians to serve as the port of the nearby city of Erice (ancient Eryx), which overlooks it from Monte San Giuliano. The city sits on a low-lying promontory jutting out into the Mediterranean Sea. It was originally named Drépanon from the Greek word for "sickle", because of the curving shape of its harbour. Carthage seized control of the city in 260 BC, subsequently making it an important naval base, but ceded it to Rome in 241 BC following the Battle of the Aegates in the First Punic War. Two ancient legends tell of mythical origins for the city. In the first legend, Trapani stemmed from the sickle which fell from the hands of the goddess Demeter while she was seeking for her daughter Persephone, who had been kidnapped by Hades. The second myth features Saturn, god of the sky, who eviscerated his father Cronus with a sickle which, falling into the sea, created the city. In ancient times Saturn was the god-protector of Trapani . Today Saturn's statue stands in a piazza in the <b>...</b>
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Spettacolo meraviglioso di Madre Natura registrato a settembre 07
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io e il mio ragazzo in vacanza nella magnifica perla nera del mediterraneo
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carole Bouquet presenta il suo Passito di Pantelleria. L'intervista
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Volo su Pantelleria del 19/07/2006 Decollo - Panoramico - Atterraggio
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4 notti su 4 in quella fantastica discoteca che è l'oxidiana di pantelleria!!! un vero delirio!!!
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341 RESCUED MIGRANTS LAND AT LAMPEDUSA - Agenzia Giornalistica Italia Tweet this news
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia---...- of sub-Saharan migrants crossing from Libya. After a 10-day truce, in a few hours, yesterday, over 850 migrants have reached the Italian soil. A few hundreds were crossing on two old wrecks ready to sink. 55 landed on t - Date : Sat, 28 May 2011 06:54:04 GMT+00:00
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Tips from the T-List--In the Mediterranean, you can hop aboard a four-masted sailing ship named the Sea Cloud, sail around Tunisia or Italy, sip Moscato di -Pantelleria-, and enjoy fine dining while talking to vineyard owners who make this sort of thing t - Date : Sat, 04 Jun 2011 06:48:06 GMT+00:00
Migrants drown off Pantelleria - Times of Malta Tweet this news
Times of Malta--Two migrants drowned and at least another one is missing after a fishing boat crowded with almost 200 migrants ran aground off -Pantelleria- this morning. The boat, carrying migrants from Somalia, was heading towards a bay on the Italian i - Date : Thu, 14 Apr 2011 06:36:05 GMT+00:00
IMMIGRANTS: HUNDREDS LAND AT LAMPEDUSA AND PANTELLERIA - Agenzia Giornalistica Italia Tweet this news
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia--(AGI) Palermo - Boats loaded with immigrants were rescued at dawn near Lampedusa and -Pantelleria-. A Guardia di Finanza patrol boat reached a vessel loaded with 104 Tunisian men some four miles offshore from Lampedusa. A -Pa - Date : Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:23:31 GMT+00:00
Who is to care about immigrants? - The Voice of Russia Tweet this news
The Voice of Russia--Right now I've been just reading about that boat of the island of -Pantelleria-, which due to high seas has sunk, and there are two persons missing. So this is the situation, which has two aspects: it has shorter term aspect and - Date : Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:29:20 GMT+00:00
Photos of the Day: April 13 - Wall Street Journal (blog) Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal (blog)--CHOPPY WATERS: Rescuers helped migrants fleeing northern Africa after their boat went off course and ran aground as they tried to enter the port of -Pantelleria-, an island off the southern coast of Italy, Wednesday. Officials - Date : Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:34:36 GMT+00:00
IMMIGRANTS: 90 MORE ARRIVE IN LAMPEDUSA ABOARD 2 BOATS - Agenzia Giornalistica Italia Tweet this news
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia---...- arrived on the island at around 8.30pm and another boat was also sighted some 60 miles off the coast. Last night, 210 immigrants arrived in Lampedusa from North Africa, while 7 others were stopped half a mile off the is - Date : Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:48:35 GMT+00:00
Turano fa il punto sulla perimetrale di Pantelleria - Marsala.it Tweet this news
Marsala.it--L'onorevole Mimmo Turano, ha effettuato ieri un sopralluogo sui lavori che la Provincia ha fatto e che sono in corso a -Pantelleria-. Era accompagnato dal consigliere provinciale Francesco Brignone, dall'architetto Gandolfo e da due - Date : Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:02:37 GMT+00:00
THREE OTHER MAYFAIR ITALIANS - CITY A.M. Tweet this news
CITY A.M.--Think beef carpaccio, parmesan cheese, mustard sauce and capers from -Pantelleria- Island and a great big seabass in salt crust. 39 Albemarle St, www.babborestaurant.co.uk Angela Hartnett's baby was a smash hit from the moment it opened. . - Date : Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:14:07 GMT+00:00
EU expands patrol mission around Lampedusa - EUobserver.com Tweet this news
EUobserver.com--Two additional planes from the Netherlands and Portugal will help the Italian coast guard with surveillance operations, in addition to the one plane already operating out of -Pantelleria- - a small island off the western coast of Sicily. . - Date : Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:11:18 GMT+00:00

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