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Its harbour, mentioned as early as 181 BC, was probably the principal one of the district in ancient times, as it is at present, and was the centre of a fishery.
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Its history goes back to the Roman harbour ( named " Portus Luguidonis "-presumably located in the little bay in front of the ancient church of St. John ), from where the Romans entered inner Sardinia.
Its Greek name means " all-port " and it was named so because of its fine natural harbour.
Its harbour was of considerable importance in imperial times, as the nearest to Dalmatia, and was enlarged by Trajan, who constructed the north quay with his Syrian architect Apollodorus of Damascus.
Its width is just at the narrowest point between Kronborg Castle at Elsinore ( Helsingør in Danish ) in Denmark, and the northern harbour of Helsingborg in Scania, Sweden.
Its harbour as a centre of transportation and commerce, contributed greatly to the financial and cultural development.
Its natural harbour, located in the Bay of Wismar is well-protected by a promontory.
Its harbour opens into a protected strait, the Pertuis d ' Antioche.
Its military harbour was fortified by Louis XIV's commissary of fortifications Vauban.
Its name translates to " Frederik's harbour ".
Its prime harbour of Bilbao soon became the main Castilian gateway to Europe.
Its decrepitude was noted by foreign observers in the early 20th century: " The walls are dilapidated ; plane-trees grow on the gigantic ruins of its old Byzantine citadel ; and its harbour, once equally commodious and safe, is gradually becoming silted up.
Its earlier importance was as a harbour, and then a source of sea sand useful for improving the moorland soil.
Its water remains an harbour for fishermen after several times of reclamation by the Hong Kong Government.
Its river, the Pyramus, formed a great harbour extending twelve miles to the sea.
Its main town, located on the northeast coast, is also named Symi and consists of the lower town around the harbour, typically referred to as Yialos, and the upper town is called Horio or Ano Symi.
Its eastern part, the Conister Shoals, had to be blasted away when a new harbour breakwater was built in the early 1980.
Its harbour and scenic coastal paths form an Atlantic promenade leading to 2 miles of golden strand ( Portstewart Strand ).
Its purpose, when it was built in 1539, was to protect access to the important harbour at Southampton from seaborne attack, by France or Spain from the English Channel via the Solent.
Its southwest harbour has a shipyard, although the shipyard's main function is seemingly to dismantle ships for scrap metal and other usable materials rather than building new ships.
Its horseshoe-shaped harbour is surrounded by the pastel colors of warehouses and it is not uncommon to see red-tiled roofs on traditional shops and homes.
Its harbour is excellent with safe anchorage for a thousand ships.
Its first Council included Francis Rattenbury, the architect who designed the Legislative Buildings and Empress Hotel located on the inner harbour in Victoria.
Its purpose was to defend the deep water anchorage at Spithead and to protect the western approach to Portsmouth harbour.
Its harbour was one of the main emporia on the Black Sea for the export of cereals, fish, and slaves to Greece, and for the import of Attic goods to Scythia.
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Its date was not mentioned in the broadcast, but design documents, as well as anime industry publications, cited the year 2205.
* Van Diemen's Land is often mentioned in the works of Flogging Molly, such as in the song " Every Dog Has Its Day.
Its ruling dynasty was the House of Hohenzollern, a Swabian noble family first mentioned in 1061.
* Its Greek name Axios ( Αξιός ) is mentioned by Homer ( Il.
One of the Piasts ' chief cities, it was mentioned by 10th century A. D. sources as the capital of Piast Poland ( in Dagome Iudex ) however the first capital of Piast realm was most likely Giecz built around 840s A. D. Its Roman Catholic archbishop, the Archbishop of Gniezno, is the Primate of Poland.
Micanopy is mentioned in the Tom Petty song " A Mind with a Heart of Its Own " from the album Full Moon Fever.
Its name was first mentioned when estates or heerlijkheden ( nl ) Herlaer and Gestel were joined in approx.
Its founder David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan mentioned the idea in his opening discourse.
Its xerophytic adaptations ( mentioned below ) allow it to thrive under conditions most plants could not survive.
Female ejaculation is mentioned as normal in early 20th century ' marriage manuals ', such as TH Van de Velde's Ideal Marriage: Its Physiology and Technique ( 1926 ).
His work is mentioned in The Prince and the Pauper in Chapter VII: " Its furniture was all of massy gold, and beautified with designs which well-nigh made it priceless, since they were the work of Benvenuto.
Its uniqueness was also mentioned and was used in the Bollywood movie Badmassh Company.
Its name was also mentioned as part of the homeland of the Yuezhi in the Records of the Grand Historian, although some have argued that this may refer to an unrelated toponym, Dunhong.
Its existence had already been mentioned without comment in 1911 by Alois Plesser, who also did not know its precise location.
Its name ( never mentioned in the commercials ) is Sascha, after the wife of the founder of the company.
" Its usage as a verb was originally mentioned in 1978 in T. Sanchez's Hollywoodland, where the term meant, " to gain illegal entry into the United States by swimming the Rio Grande ".
Its first recorded ruler, Rudolph III of Burgundy mentioned Neuchâtel in his will in 1032.
Its inhabitants, the Viscellani, are also mentioned by Plinius.
Its full title was " An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or purchasers of such Copies, during the Times therein mentioned ".
Its fate in World War II is not mentioned, but in 1946 or 1947 it became a satellite state in the East bloc.
Its earliest records of history date back to 1298 where in a manuscript of landrights it was mentioned as " Den Leepel Straet.
Its current name is a derivation of Polymartium, first mentioned in the Historia Langobardorum by Paulus Diaconus.
Its length makes finding a source impossible, but it is thought by some scholars to be a retelling of contemporary events, with a Roger Knight de Ware being mentioned in several manuscripts of the time.
Its name was variable ; the previously mentioned boards used REMM. SYS ( AST ), PS2EMM. SYS ( IBM ), AEMM. SYS ( AT & T ) and EMM. SYS ( Intel ) respectively.
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