1) Belluno. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Piave River at the foot of the Dolomites. It is an agricultural and manufacturing center. A Roman town, it later belonged to various lords and was a free commune...
2) Gregory XVI. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Gregory XVI, 1765-1846, pope (1831-46), an Italian named Bartolomeo Alberto Capellari, b. Belluno; successor of Pius VIII. In 1783 he became a Camaldolite and was...
3) Piave. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Carnic Alps, Venetia, NE Italy, and flowing generally S, past Belluno, to the Gulf of Venice. The upper Piave basin is subject to severe seasonal flooding (see Vaiont...
4) Vaiont Dam. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Vaiont Dam, 858 ft (262 m) high, on the Vaiont River, a tributary of the Piave River, in Venetia, NE Italy, near Belluno. Vaiont Dam, one of the highest in the world,...
5) Venetia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Veneto or Venezia Euganea, region (1991 pop. 4,380,797), 7,095 sq mi (18,376 sq km), NE Italy, bordering on the Gulf of Venice (an arm of the Adriatic Sea) in the...
6) Scala, Can Francesco della. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Verona from 1277 to 1387 (see Guelphs and Ghibellines). Can Grande was made imperial vicar by Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII and participated in the struggles against...
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