Milazzo
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/mee laht"tsaw/, n.a seaport in NE Sicily, in Italy. 26,623.
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▪ ItalyLatin Mylae,town, northern Sicily, Italy, on the low isthmus of a peninsula 3 miles (5 km) long, on the west side of the Golfo (gulf) di Milazzo, west of Messina. The town was founded in 716 BC by colonists from Zankle (Messina). It was taken by the Athenians in 426 BC and by the Syracusan tyrant Agathocles in 315 BC. The consul Gaius Duilius won the first Roman naval victory over the Carthaginians in the bay in 260 BC, and in 1860 the Italian nationalist Giuseppe Garibaldi defeated the Bourbon forces of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies outside Milazzo. The town suffered from Allied bombing in World War II. The old town on a hill above is partly surrounded by Spanish walls from the 16th century and contains a 13th-century Norman castle.The transit port for the Eolie Islands, Milazzo is a tourist centre and exports early fruit, wine, and olive oil. It has a growing chemical industry and an oil refinery. Pop. (2006 est.) mun., 32,586.* * *
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Milazzo — Vorlage:Infobox Gemeinde in Italien/Wartung/Wappen fehlt … Deutsch Wikipedia
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Milazzo — Administration Nom italien Milazzo Nom ladin Mylae Nom sicilien Milazzu … Wikipédia en Français
Milazzo — C est de très loin en Sicile que le nom est le plus répandu. Il désigne celui qui est originaire de Milazzo, commune de la province de Messine. Avec le même sens : Milazzi … Noms de famille
Milazzo — Milazzo, so v.w. Melazzo … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Milazzo — Milazzo, Stadt in der ital. Provinz und dem Kreise Messina (Sizilien), auf dem sandigen Isthmus der granitischen Halbinsel, die nördlich im Kap M. (mit Leuchtturm) ausläuft, an der Eisenbahn Messina Palermo, hat ein hoch gelegenes Kastell (jetzt… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Milazzo — Milazzo, das alte Mylä, Hafenstadt auf Sizilien, auf einer Halbinsel am Tyrrhen. Meer, (1901) 16.422 E.; hier 20. Juli 1860 Sieg Garibaldis über die neapolit. Truppen … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Milazzo — Recorded in many spellings from the basic spellings of Mil, Mila, Milch, Milec, Milk, Milich, Milacek, and Milosz, to more exotic patronymic and diminutive spellings such as Milazzo, Milosevic, Milosch, Mielost, Milojevic, Milowitz, Miljevic, and … Surnames reference
Milazzo — Original name in latin Milazzo Name in other language Milacco, Milazzo, Milazzu, Mylae, mirattsuMilazzoo, Милаццо State code IT Continent/City Europe/Rome longitude 38.22117 latitude 15.23828 altitude 17 Population 32108 Date 2012 02 15 … Cities with a population over 1000 database
