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Montecristo, Isola di (deserted settlement) |
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Lat: 42 20 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.3333 decimal degrees |
Long: 010 19 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 10.3167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Part of Arcipelago Toscano, S of island of Elba; state hunting preserve; site of ruins of 13th-cen. monastery abandoned in 1553 after having been destroyed by pirates; noted as setting for novel The Count of Monte Cristo (1844) by Alexandre Dumas père. |
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Montecristo, Isola di (preferred,C,V)
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Isola di Montecristo (C,V,display)
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Montecristo (C,V)
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Montecristo Island (C,O)
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Monte Cristo (H,V)
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Toscana (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of new kingdom of Italy from 1861 |
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deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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abandoned in 16th cen. |
island (C) |
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inhabited place (H) |
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