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	Abruzzi - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Abruzzi is mostly mountainous and is crossed by three ranges of the Apennines, which reach their highest point (9,560 ft/2,914 m) there in the Gran Sasso d'Italia group.
		Abruzzi was once a very poor region but now boasts a steadily growing per capita income.
		Abruzzi was conquered by the Romans in the 4th cent.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-abruzzi.html (322 words)

	Abruzzi - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Abruzzi, region in south central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea, comprising four provinces named after their chief towns—L'Aquila, Chieti, Pescara, and...
		Abruzzi, Luigi Amedeo, Duke of (1873-1933), Italian naval officer, mountaineer, and explorer.
		Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Abruzzi, was born in...
	encarta.msn.com /Abruzzi.html (97 words)

	VQR » A Prince of Climbers
		The duke of the Abruzzi sailed to represent Italy with the cruisers Varese and Etruria.
		Later, she was in the party that sailed down the Potomac with the duke to Mount Vernon, where he laid a wreath of orchids at George Washington's tomb and planted a tree on the lawn.
		The duke of the Abruzzi took this as an insult and resigned his commission—requesting that he be permitted to form and lead a kind of green-beret unit of arditi to fight on land.
	www.vqronline.org /articles/2000/winter/bridges-prince-climbers (5443 words)

	Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Luigi Amedeo, Duca degli Abruzzi, was born in Madrid, Spain.
		The city theatre arranged an extraordinary spectacle in the presence of the Duke of the Abruzzi.
		The Duke of Abruzzi died on March 18, 1933, at Ghiohàr, near Mogadishu (Somalia).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Duke_of_the_Abruzzi (863 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Duke of the Abruzzi
		Amedeo di Savoia-Aosta, better known as Duke of the Abruzzi (1837-1933), served as Italy's battlefleet commander from 1914-17.
		The third son of Spain's former king and the cousin of Italian King Victor Emmanuel III, the dashing Abruzzi was highly regarded in naval figures as the ideal battlefleet Commander-in-Chief.
		Abruzzi did However earn plaudits for his role in the evacuation in early 1916 of the Serbian Army.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/abruzzi.htm (266 words)

	Renzo Piano - Biography & Achievements
		Luigi Amedeo Giuseppe Maria Ferdinando Francesco (January 29, 1873 –; March 18, 1933), popularly called Luigi Amedeo, Duke of Abruzzi, was an Italian mountaineer and was the first to climb Mount Saint Elias in 1897.
		In 1906, the Duke once again took charge of an expedition – this time, to the Ruwenzori (in the local language, this meant “Mountains of the Moon”) range (5125 m) which is located in Kenya.
		During this entire period of his explorations, Abruzzi was actively involved in the navy and in fact, on September 30th, 1911, commanded a squadron and attacked Preveza in Greece and this proved as a curtain raiser to the Italian-Turkish war.
	www.ultimateitaly.com /peoples/luigi-amedeo-giuseppe-maria-ferdinando-francesco.html (1101 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Abruzzi
		Abruzzi is mostly mountainous and is crossed by
		Abruzzi, Luigi Amedeo, duca degli, 1873-1933, Italian explorer and mountain climber; cousin of Victor Emmanuel III.
		The Mezzogiorno comprises the modern Italian regions of Abruzzi, Campania, Molise, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, and the islands of Sicily and Sardinia.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Abruzzi&StartAt=11 (550 words)

	The Duke of Abruzzi
		During his great period of adventure and exploration, the Duke of Abruzzi remained a professional naval officer and on 30 September 1911 he commanded the squadron that attacked Preveza, Greece, in the first action of the Italian – Turkish War.
		Luigi Amedeo Duke of Abruzzi was the third born of Amedeo (1845-1890), first Duke of Aosta and king of Spain from 1870 to 1873.
		It is the merit of the Kampala Conference (April 1996) to have anticipated a revival of interest for the Duke of Abruzzi on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Rwenzori expedition.
	www.rwenzoriabruzzi.com /duke.html (907 words)

	DUKE OF ABRUZZI BIG BAND English
		The personell of the "DUKE OF ABRUZZI BIG BAND" is chosed among the best students of the jazz music school "Centro Attivita' Musicali" of Florence (Italy) and the Public Music School of Scandicci (a town near Florence) also managed by Centro Attivita' Musicali.
		The "Duke of Abruzzi Big Band" has also featured some jazz italian well known musicians such as Paolo Fresu, Maurizio Giammarco, Mario Raja, Eddie Henderson, Lee Konitz, Marco Tamburini, Roberto Rossi and others in some of his concerts.
		On 1999 Spring, The "Duke of Abruzzi" was present at the "Oeuf de Jazz" Festival in Le Mans (France).
	members.tripod.com /~fabbri/big_bandengl.htm (266 words)

	ug history
		In 1906 the Duke of Abruzzi reached Mombasa from Napoli by boat and then with the newly railway line he arrived in Kisumu from where, by boat and via Lake Victoria, he docked in Entebbe.
		The Duke and his team could use the steam train in Kenya and the steam boat on Lake Victoria but this did not prevent them to have to walk from Entebbe to the Rwenzori in 16 legs with the help of the Baganda porters.
		The heir of the Duke and of the photographer will be in Uganda and a commemorative ascent will be organized in order to give new light and new life to the past, enticing all those who love nature and mountains including those who may never have heard about the Mountains of the Moon.
	www.africa-ata.org /ug_history.htm (490 words)

	::::::::::::::::. Barrabes.com - Especial Chogori 2002 .:::::::::::::::::::.
		Seven years later it was time for the Duke of Abruzzi's large expedition to Karakorum and K2.
		However, later on Chogolisa (7,654 metres) the Duke reached 7,500 metres with a resolute attack.
		This time the expedition was lead by the Duke of Spoleto, the nephew of the Duke of Abruzzi.
	www.barrabes.com /especiales/chogori2002/history2.asp (251 words)

	Heraldry in the House of Savoia
		Currently the son of the last king Umberto II (1904-83) is Vittorio Emanuele, duke of Savoia, prince of Naples (born 1937), and his son Emanuele Filiberto (born 1972) is prince of Piedmont and Venice.
		Savoia-Nemours (from Filippo ( 1533, son of duke Filippo II, received the duchy of Nemours from the king of France in 1528, extinct in 1656): Gules a cross argent within a bordure gobony or and azure.
		Savoia-Carignano (from Tommaso Francesco (Thomas-François, 1656), 6th son of duke Carlo Emanuele I; this junior branch succeeded to the throne of Sardinia in 1831): Quarterly: 1, quarterly Jerusalem, Lusignan, Armenia and Luxemburg; 2.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/national/italy1.htm (1506 words)

	The New Vision - Supplements - Italy Day
		Others are the University of Turin, Makerere University in Kampala, the Museum of the Mountain (Duke of Abruzzi) in Turin and the Uganda Museum.
		A book, On the footsteps of the Duke” detailing the story of the Rwenzori and the Duke, is on sale in the Italian restaurants, at UWA and UTB in Uganda.
		This is the Italian region, with the town of Torino, which is the regional headquarters from where the Duke of Abruzzi and Vittorio Sella, the explorers, lived.
	www.enteruganda.com /brochures/italyday0606c.htm (491 words)

	winterk2dis31
		When the Duke of Abruzzi reached the foot of the K2 Mountain in the year 1909, he had a successful expedition to Saint Elias behind him, which was then considered to be the highest summit in North America, as well as an attempt to reach the North Pole.
		The Duke said back then: "I guess that if anyone manages to do the trick, they will be no alpinists, but aviators." The mountain would not have captured so much imagination if it were not for the pictures taken at that time by Vittorio Sell.
		They were descending on the Abruzzi Rib in foggy, windy and snowy weather, without food or water for three days, bivouacking without tents or sleeping bags.
	www.k2news.com /winterk203/winterk2dis31.htm (3532 words)

	mountain climbing. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		William C. Slingsby led the way to the Norwegian mountains; Douglas W. Freshfield was one of the pioneer climbers in the Caucasus, soon followed by Albert F. Mummery.
		In Africa, Kilimanjaro (1889) and Mt. Kenya (1899) were climbed; the duke of the Abruzzi explored the Ruwenzori group in 1906.
		Elias was climbed by the duke of the Abruzzi in 1897; Mt. Blackburn and Mt. McKinley were ascended in 1912 and 1913, respectively.
	www.bartleby.com /65/mn/mntnclim.html (789 words)

	CIRCOLOPOLARE - l'esploratore Guido Monzino
		We want to remember him in the explorations carried out in memory of the Duke of the Abruzzi and bishop of the Italian flag in the achievement of large goals.
		In fact, Monzino continues where the Duke arrived either he was compelled to stop 60 or 70 years before.
		As The Duke of the Abruzzi entrusts the guides of Courmayeur, Monzino entrusts the guides of Valtournanche, he develops with them the meticulous organization and the technical ability necessary to reach the goals prefixed.
	www.circolopolare.com /eng/espl_monzino_e.htm (716 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Abruzzi
		Corno, Monte, highest peak of the Apennines, c.9,560 ft (2,910 m) high, in the Gran Sasso d'ltalia range, Abruzzi, central Italy.
		It comprised roughly the present regions of Campania, Abruzzi, Molise, Basilicata, Apulia, and Calabria.
		It was first seen by Danish explorer Vitus Bering on July 16, 1741; the duke of the Abruzzi, an Italian explorer, was the first (1897) to
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Abruzzi&StartAt=11 (459 words)

	Informat.io on K2
		The 1909 expedition, led by Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, reached an elevation of 6,666 m on what is now known as the Abruzzi Spur (or Abruzzi Ridge).
		Almost opposite from the Abruzzi Spur is the North Ridge, which ascends the Chinese side of the peak.
		K2 is only ranked 22nd by topographic prominence because it is part of the same extended mountain chain as Mount Everest, in that it is possible to follow a path from K2 to Everest that goes no lower than 4,594 m (at Mustang Lo).
	www.informat.io /?title=k2 (1626 words)

	Photography Books, Photos, Travels, Nature, Gardening, Rare & Out-of-Print Books
		FILIPPI, Filippo de, preface by the Duke of the Abruzzi; Ruwenzori.
		With a preface by H.R.H. The Duke of the Abruzzi.
		Cox 93: 'A magnificent work describing the Duke of the Abruzzi's successful expedition of the Ruwenzori in East Africa, the Mountains of the Moon.
	www.horizonbook.com /photography.html (2539 words)

	TIME.com: Conquest of K-2 -- Aug. 16, 1954 -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Duke of the Abruzzi tried and failed in 1909; so did the Duke of Spoleto in 1929.
		Professor Desio and his men laid Camp 1 at the foot of the Abruzzi Ridge, a gaunt rib which lances upwards towards the summit of K2.
		On the fearful Abruzzi, perhaps the longest continuously steep climbing ridge in the world, a man is like a fly on a wall.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,819995,00.html (780 words)

	Timeline - Climbers guide to K2
		An international expedition led by O Eckenstein reached the base of K2 on the north side (China), and climbed the North East Ridge to a height of 6525m (21,400 ft).
		An Italian expedition led by Luigi Amedeo di Savoia, the Duke of Abruzzi, reached the base of K2 on the south side (Pakistan), and climbed the South East Ridge (now known as the Abruzzi Spur) to a height of 6250m (20,500 ft).
		This was the year of team member Peter Schoening's legendary feat in saving the lives of a rope team of six men by single-handedly holding their weight.
	www.k2climb.net /expguide/timeline.htm (802 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Paolo Thaon di Revel
		Consequently Thaon di Revel was replaced in October 1915 by new Minister of Marine Corsi; the former was dispatched to supervise naval forces based in Venice.
		He nevertheless returned to his former post as Chief of Staff in February 1917, and was also handed direct command of the battlefleet, replacing Duke of the Abruzzi.
		Time may have passed but Thaon di Revel remained as determined as ever to practice a no-risk battlefleet policy (as much as anything in order that it could be used as a diplomatic bargaining tool in the post-war era).
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/thaondirevel.htm (427 words)

	On the highest peaks of the Rwenzori
		The Duke of the Abruzzi unfurls to the wind the small Italian flag given to him by Queen Margherita before his departure.
		Lastly it is necessary to mention another two ascents, done on July 8th and 12th, along the west ridge of Stairs Peak (luigi di Savoia group), by the Duke of the Abruzzi and Victorio Sella respectively.
		Finally the map in scale 1:40.000 of the Rwenzori must be remembered; the “most important result of the expedition” drawn up with the data from the numerous angular measurements made by the Duke of Abruzzi from the various peaks climbed, and completed by the measuring of 300 metres prepared by Comander Cagni near Bujungolo.
	www.rwenzoriabruzzi.com /historicalclimbing2.html (2403 words)

	SummitPost - Mt. Stanley -- Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering
		According to the expedition account of the Duke of Abruzzi, this was actually a translation error from the name “white mountains”, but the name has stuck through the millennia.
		The ascent of Margherita Peak was made by the Duke, J. Petigax, C. Ollier and J. Brocherel on a traverse from the summit of Alexandra Peak.
		On the descent, you pass by an old campsite of the Duke of Abruzzi (Bujongolo) where there is graffiti from expeditions from the early part of the 20th century.
	www.summitpost.org /mountain/rock/212349/mt-stanley.html (2854 words)

	MSIChicago \| Exhibits \| Ships Through the Ages
		In 1899, it was used by the Italian Duke of Abruzzi on his voyage to the Arctic.
		Although he did not reach the North Pole, the Duke did come within 3.5 degrees of it, the farthest north anyone had yet reached at that time.
		The exhibit shows the many purposes for which modern ships are constructed: a banana boat, a tanker, tug boats for moving barges and other ships, special vessels for laying or repairing cable on the ocean floor, ocean liners for carrying passengers.
	www.msichicago.org /exhibit/ships/index.html (488 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: abruzzi: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Abruzzi Vacations -- Compare prices, read user reviews of hotels and search for travel deals to Abruzzi.
		The Duke of the Abruzzi: An Explorer's Life by Mirella Tenderini and Michael Shandrick (Hardcover - 1 Jul 1997)
		The Duke of the Abruzzi: An Explorer's Life by Mirella Tenderini and Michael Shandrick (Hardcover - Jun 1997)
	www.amazon.co.uk /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=abruzzi&tag=545-21&index=books&page=1 (290 words)

	K2: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		(The top of the route traversed left across the East Face to avoid a vertical headwall and joined the uppermost part of the Abruzzi route.) This ascent was made by an American team, led by noted mountaineer James Whittaker; the summit party were Louis Reichardt, James Wickwire, John Roskelley, and Rick Ridgeway.
		It is rarely climbed, partly due to very difficult access, involving crossing the Shaksgam River, which is a hazardous undertaking.
		This route, more technically difficult than the Abruzzi, ascends a long, steep, primarily rock ridge to high on the mountain (Camp IV, the "Eagle's Nest", 7,900 m), and then crosses a dangerously slide-prone hanging glacier by a leftward climbing traverse, to reach a snow couloir which accesses the summit.
	winelib.com /wiki/K2 (1746 words)

	Italy - cities and regions
		In the 19th century it was restored when the Orseolo basin was created.
		Between the two World Wars it became the intellectual salon for the marchioness Casati and the Duke of the Abruzzi.
		Mysterious Wally Simpson was spotted side by side with the Duke of Windsor.
	www.kompasexpress.com /italy.html (862 words)

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