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    Meloria is a rocky skerry, surrounded by a shoal, off the Tuscan coast, in the Ligurian sea, 6.1 kilometres (3.8 mi) north-west of Livorno. The Meloria...
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    The Battle of Meloria was fought near the islet of Meloria in the Ligurian Sea on 5 and 6 August 1284 between the fleets of the Republics of Genoa and...
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    Formiche della Zanca (Elba) Isola dei Liscoli (Elba) Le Scole (Giglio) Meloria Shoal (Livorno) Scoglio d'Africa (Corsica Channel) Scoglio Forano (Pianosa)...
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    The naval Battle of Giglio or Montecristo was a military clash between a fleet of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and a fleet of the Republic of Genoa...
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    Gherardesca after Ugolino della Gherardesca's betrayal in the battle of Meloria. There is a Orlandi Chapel in the church of Saint Francis in Pescia. History...
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    del Marzocco (Marzocco breakwater), to the west by the Diga della Meloria (Meloria breakwater) built in 1900, which is the straight extension of 550 meters...
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    Lockheed Hercules C.1 crashed into the sea off the coast of Livorno by Meloria shoal, Italy, killing all 46 passengers and 6 crew. At the time it was...
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    Treaty of Nymphaeum (1261) and the double victory over Pisa (Battle of Meloria (1284)) and Venice (Battle of Curzola (1298)). "The Superb", a name for...
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    land and in naval battles; notable cases of the latter are the battles of Meloria and Curzola. Members of the Genoese crossbowmen were trained and organized...
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    Captain of the People in Genoa and led its naval forces in the victory of La Meloria against Pisa in 1284 while Lamba won a major battle against Venetian Andrea...
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