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  Lone Sentry: Unit History: 91st Infantry Division (Ch. III: Arno River Campaign)
It was the first unit of either IV Corps or Fifth Army to reach the Arno River and to control the high ground to its south.
The 362nd Infantry, occupying the positions along the river had two primary missions, to learn as much as possible about the enemy's strength, position, fire-power, and movement, and to scout the river and its banks for information to be used in a possible river-crossing operation later in the month.
While the 362nd Infantry was patrolling the Arno, 1-13 August, the other two Regiments and Division Artillery concerned themselves with the care and cleaning of equipment, training, and study.
www.lonesentry.com /91stdivision/ch3.html   (3711 words)

  
  Arno - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Arno, river in central Italy, in Tuscany (Toscana).
From the source of the river on Mount Falterona in the Apennines, the Arno flows generally west...
Penzias, Arno, born in 1933, German-born American radio engineer who, with American engineer Robert Wilson, was the first to detect the cosmic...
ca.encarta.msn.com /Arno.html   (93 words)

  
 Arno River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The river rises on Mount Falterona (1654 m) in the Casentino area) of the Apennines, and takes a southward curve.
The river turns to the west near Arezzo passing through Florence, Empoli and Pisa, flowing into the Tyrrhenian Sea at Marina di Pisa.
The river flooded this city regularly in historical times, the last occasion being the famous flood of 1966, with 4,500 m³/s after a rain of 437.2 mm in Badia Agnano and 190 mm in Florence, in only 24 hours.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arno_River   (274 words)

  
 Arno articles on Encyclopedia.com
Arno ARNO [Arno] river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, rising in the Northern Apennines, Tuscany, central Italy, and flowing south to Arezzo where it turns northwest; it proceeds generally west, through Florence and Pisa, to empty into the Ligurian Sea.
The Arno valley is fertile and densely populated.
The villas and gardens of this tourist center are beautifully situated on a hill overlooking the Arno valley and the city of Florence.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Arno   (438 words)

  
 History - Touristic tours on the Arno river - The sand diggers
The boats, used to organize the tours on the river Arno, are exactly the old boats (barchetti) that were used from “renaioli” in the florentine past.
From the birth of the florentine monuments until about ten years ago, crowd of “renaioli” crossed the Arno river more times a day, to take materials from its bottom, useful to built the walls and the building that are today the most admired in the world.
Whole families dedicated their life to the extraction of the sand and to the Arno river that was the vital lymph of a city perpetually under construction.
www.florenceriver.it /eng/history.htm   (696 words)

  
 Arno River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy,
With a length of 241 km, it is the largest river in the region.
Arno River in Pisa, Italy, near the Ponte della Fortezza
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arno_river   (274 words)

  
 Alice Chuang
May Swenson, though, escaping the Victorian world and its sensibility, paints a complex, layered picture of Florence and the Arno River in her poem “Above the Arno.” Her Florence is bright, colorful, busy, and filled with bustle and noise, too, but behind the jubilance is a darker, gloomier undertone.
The river is very much a part of the natural landscape, changing as time passes, and it is also a part of the human landscape.
Although the river does not bring events as severe as death or destruction, it does add to the sense of laziness and complacent purposelessness in the city.
www.artsci.wustl.edu /~bdwalter/Teaching/Courses/PracticalCriticism/EtymologyAnalyses/AbovetheArno.htm   (1287 words)

  
 Arno river basin
The Arno river basin is densely settled, with residential homes, crop and livestock farms, and industrial installations.
From the Arezzo area of the Arno the only discharges with a strong impact on the river environment are due to the electroplating industry, linked to the goldworking activities in the area.
The organic substances come mainly from urban wastewaters, animal husbandry, and the paper, tanning and distilling industries; the phosphates and coliforms from urban wastewaters and livestock farming; the surfactants from municipal wastewaters, laundries, and the textile industries; and the heavy metals mostly from the textile, tanning and electroplating industries.
www.life.cpr.it /valdarnoing.html   (440 words)

  
 Search Results for "Arno"
Arno, river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, rising in the Northern Apennines, Tuscany, central Italy, and flowing south to Arezzo where it turns northwest; it proceeds generally...
Arno, Peter, (ar´no) (KEY), 1904-68, American cartoonist, b.
Arno's satirical cartoons appeared in the New Yorker magazine from 1925 until his death....
www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=Arno   (274 words)

  
 Firenze   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
For these considerations, the articulated study about the river Arno was chosen as a subject of the Project Area for Chemistry -Specialization, in areas upstream and downstream of Florence, between Pontassieve and Fucecchio.
Section considered of the river Arno is born on the Falterona mount at 1358 m s.l.m.
From some parameters the Arno shows to be a river polluted from domestic sewage even if it is not possible to exclude immediately various types, such as rural and city washing away, accidental drainages of industrial type, etc...
www.ulg.ac.be /cifen/inforef/expeda/eureau/Italie/leonardo/leonardi/UK/firenze.htm   (1190 words)

  
 Florence99.com - Arno River Apartment - Florence
Apartment situated along the Arno River in a prestigious palace, this elegant apartment has incredible views of the Old Bridge and all the principle monuments of the city.
It is to notice that one of the double bedrooms can become a pleasant studio on request, therefore the structure of the apartment is ideal for larger parties (6/8 pax), as well as for smaller parties in a warm and intimate way.
The apartment is located situated along the Arno River of Florence, few minutes away from monuments such as the Old Bridge, the Uffizi Gallery, the Palazzo Pitti and the S. Croce Church.
www.florence99.com /detail.asp/idx156   (284 words)

  
 Florence - Ponte Vecchio
Ponte Vecchio is the oldest and most famous bridge spanning the Arno River.
Spoiled by the mighty Mississippi River, he said, "It is popular to admire the Arno.
They call it a river, and they honestly think it is a river...
www.geocities.com /caveguru_2/PonteVecchio.html   (262 words)

  
 Pursuit to the Arno   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Having failed to stem the Allied advance between Rome and the Arno, Field Marshal Kesselring was not optimistic that his battered, mixed force of infantry, armored, Luftwaffe, and foreign units could halt any Allied thrust short of the GOTHIC Line north of Florence and the Arno.
The general had planned crossings of the river that night, but it turned out that all bridges were destroyed and that the water was too deep for fording.
As the men descended into the river valley and worked their way across the network of small streams and drainage ditches scoring the valley floor, sporadic machine gun and mortar fire picked at them, but there were few casualties.
www.custermen.com /ItalyWW2/History/PursuitToArno.htm   (4692 words)

  
 The Battle Continues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
By August 17th all three regiments were committed and the division aggressively pursued it's mission of defense of the Arno River sector.
The enemy main body was now formed on the north bank of the river and consisted of elements of the 26th Panzer Division, the 3rd Panzergrenadier, and the 362nd Infantry.
The ground on the north of the river rose abruptly which once again left the Germans in charge of the high ground and afforded the valuable time to fortify and reinforce.
www.lebvalcycles.com /chapter8.htm   (709 words)

  
 TVE's Earth Report: Silver River: A Journey Down the Arno
The Arno River Basin is part of the EU's Life project which aims to set up advanced information systems for monitoring and controlling pollution in surface watercourses.
This week's Earth Report takes a journey down the Arno to meet some of the people who are working to bring the river back to its full health, showing that pollution does not have to be the inevitable price of prosperity.
The Arno rises from Mount Falterona, in the heart of the Casentino Forest.
www.tve.org /earthreport/archive/doc.cfm?aid=831   (1572 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The river Arve, a quarter of a mile from Geneva in Savoy, where the fair is held on midsummerday in the village of Saint Gervais.
The river at Villefranche may be conducted to Romorantin which may be done by the inhabitants; and the timber of which their houses are built may be carried in boats to Romorantin [Footnote: Compare No. 744.].
Therefore when the rivers are flooded, the sluices of the mills ought to be opened in order that the whole course of the river may pass through falls to each mill; there should be many in order to give a greater impetus, and so all the river will be scoured.
www.lulu.com /items/volume_1/73000/73809/1/preview/The_Notebook_part_Two.doc   (15245 words)

  
 Kraft Hotel Florence - The Bridges of Florence
Di qua d'Arno (this side of the Arno) is the name the Florentines gave to the more qualified part of the city, where the government and major monuments were found.
Staying with the river you pass Pescaia di San Niccolò which adheres to Piazza Piave, built with the aim of allowing a consistent flow of water in order to put into movement the windmills that are found here, even during difficult times.
Keepimg with the river we pass the Pescaia di San Niccolò which on this side adheres to Piazza Poggi, built with the aim of forcing a consistent flow of water to put into movement the windmills that are found here.
www.krafthotel.it /english/itineraries/kraft_hotel_florence_bridges.html   (2811 words)

  
 Propaganda leaflets of World War 2: Italian theatre of operations / Powder River / Let'er Buck, 91st Inf Div
Although the Germans had managed to evacuate most of their artillery across the river successfully, numerous tanks and vehicles were found abandoned.
During the morning the troops were delayed by artillery fire from the area of Treggiaia north to the river, and by Shu mines, the first the Regiment had encountered.
The Engineers gave lectures and demonstrations on river crossing techniques, and full employment was made of the 11th Mule Group for training in loading and using mules in mountainous terrain.
members.home.nl /ww2propaganda/italy/italych04.htm   (3750 words)

  
 Arno river - Pisa Travel Guide - VirtualTourist.com
The name of Pisa signifies meadowland or delta, it is situated at the confulence of two rivers, The Arno and the Serchio.
This two rivers, before they join, delimit an extensive area of marshland by which the city is isolated and defended.
The buildings along the river are very nice and when the sun is shining you'll have a beautiful reflection in the water, which was not the case on my pic, as we had a cloudy day.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Pisa-145950/General_Tips-Pisa-Arno_river-R-1.html   (506 words)

  
 Jacopo Ligozzi / Naval Combat Represented on the Arno River in Florence, for the Marriage of Cosimo di Medici Prince of ...
Jacopo Ligozzi / Naval Combat Represented on the Arno River in Florence, for the Marriage of Cosimo di Medici Prince of Tuscany, and Maria Maddalena of Austria, in 1608: Evrito Echione E Etalide / 1608
Naval Combat Represented on the Arno River in Florence, for the Marriage of Cosimo di Medici Prince of Tuscany, and Maria Maddalena of Austria, in 1608: Evrito Echione E Etalide
Title: Naval Combat Represented on the Arno River in Florence, for the Marriage of Cosimo di Medici Prince of Tuscany, and Maria Maddalena of Austria, in 1608: Evrito Echione E Etalide
www.davidrumsey.com /amica/amico2215513-39100.html   (343 words)

  
 Brooks Fine Art Oils Gallery
Florence lies on both banks of the Arno River in central Italy, at the foot of the Apennines mountain range.
The old bridges span the Arno River where shops line both sides and is a historic landmark.
The Arno River rises in the Etruscan section of the Apennine Mountains in northwestern Italy.
www.brooksgallery.com /oils/oils.html   (1696 words)

  
 Jacopo Ligozzi / Naval Combat Represented on the Arno River in Florence, for the Marriage of Cosimo di Medici Prince of ...
Jacopo Ligozzi / Naval Combat Represented on the Arno River in Florence, for the Marriage of Cosimo di Medici Prince of Tuscany, and Maria Maddalena of Austria, in 1608: Periclemene / 1608
Naval Combat Represented on the Arno River in Florence, for the Marriage of Cosimo di Medici Prince of Tuscany, and Maria Maddalena of Austria, in 1608: Periclemene
Title: Naval Combat Represented on the Arno River in Florence, for the Marriage of Cosimo di Medici Prince of Tuscany, and Maria Maddalena of Austria, in 1608: Periclemene
www.davidrumsey.com /amica/amico2215512-39099.html   (334 words)

  
 Florence holiday apartments Arno river GUICCIARDINI FIRENZE
The river is welcomed amid the walls and the houses in that it is a river, a beneficial and treacherous force, which admits no frailty...
The town may be distrustful, and the river may suffer because of the bonds and limits it has been subjected to, but in normal times all is resolved in the severe sublimation of that relationship, which is none other than the elementary relationship between stone and water.
The part of town overhanging the river shines and becomes undone in those vibrant ripples, it is equalised by the flow and dissolves...
www.guicciardini.com /firenze/holiday-apartments-florence.htm   (214 words)

  
 339th Infantry in WW2 Page 3 - Rome & The Arno River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Fifth Army was stalemated along the Arno River south of Florence.
Dug in a just across the river was the 362nd Grenadier Division and elements of the 3rd Panzer and 29th Panzer Grenadier Divisions.
It was a two week assignment that tested the patience and mettle of GI and machine, but the Polar Bears held the line until they were relieved and sent back for a few days rest.
yourpage.blazenet.net /cjheiser/ct9/339txt4.htm   (1014 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: Arno   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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 Marina di Pisa, Pisa, Tuscany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Marina di Pisa is a village on the left of Arno River, at its mouth, and have been constructed in historical age, both through natural events and through man-work; indeed in 1606, Ferdinand the II 'cutted' the river previously outletting in Arnino locality, south of the village, flowing close to the Arno Vecchio Farm.
At the left of the river-mouth 'Il Fortino' was built, for the fluvial control directed to Pisa.
Ceccherini a very extense land to the left of Arno river, plus a consistent amount of money.
www.barbarossaristorante.com /eng/dove.htm   (516 words)

  
 ItalyPerfect - Splendida-Sleeps 6
All superlatives apply to this bright and welcoming apartment overlooking the Arno River in a noble palace in Florence.
The terrace overlooks the courtyard of the palace as well as the Arno river with timeless views up and down the river and across to the Pitti side and the verdant hills beyond.
Most of the rooms overlook the Arno and, because of the height, are insulated against excessive traffic noise.
www.italyperfect.com /Florence/splendida/splendida.html   (568 words)

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