| Catania, for example, was destroyed, as was Noto on top of Mount Alveria, whereas Mitello was partially destroyed and Ragusa seriously damaged. |
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| Ragusa Ibla depopulated rapidly and the trade and industry were transferred to the prosperous upper town. |
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| Comiso, town, southeastern Sicily, Italy, at the foot of the Iblei Mountains just west of Ragusa city. |
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| Ragusa retained its autonomy as a city-state until 1806, when it was occupied by Napoleon I's armies. |
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| Small amounts of oil and natural gas used to be produced in the Po valley in the 1930s, and asphalt was produced in Ragusa in Sicily. |
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| Another serious earthquake in 1990 affected some parts of some towns, Ragusa in particular. |
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| Upper Ragusa has been adversely affected by inappropriate modern development and the town overall is adversely affected by the proximity of chemical, industrial, and mining activities. |
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| The trail grows murkier afterward, but Mr. Forcellino cites circumstantial evidence in arguing that, after Pole's death, the painting ended up with the Archbishop of Ragusa — now Dubrovnik, Croatia. |
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| It also visited for the first time the Holding Centre and the First Reception Centre for foreigners at Crotone and the Holding Centre for female foreigners at Ragusa. |
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| This extraordinary place is a bit 'difficult to visit by public transport, while car is easy and well marked detour on the way to Ragusa and Catania. |
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| In the first half of the 7th century, Ragusa began to develop an active trade in the East Mediterranean. |
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| The city of Chiaramonte Gulfi, located on a hill near mountains that are covered with conifers and eucalyptus, is situated in the eastern part of Sicilia, about 19 kilometers from the county town Ragusa. |
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| Are also being added in the historical centers of the towns of Acireale in province of Catania, Ispica in the province of Ragusa and Mazarin in the province of Caltanissetta. |
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| Ragusa was the door to the Balkans and the East, a place of commerce in metals, salt, spices and cinnabar. |
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| Commercial competition among Venice, Ancona and Ragusa was very strong because all of them bordered the Adriatic Sea. |
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| Several Adriatic ports were under Venetian rule, but Ancona and Ragusa retained their independence. |
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| The Republic of Ragusa received its own Statutes as early as 1272, statutes which, among other things, codified Roman practice and local customs. |
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| Ragusa was the former Italian name for which historic city on the Adriatic Sea? |
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| The best known among the maritime republics are Venice, Genoa, Pisa, Ragusa, and Amalfi. |
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| It enjoyed excellent relations with the Kingdom of Hungary and was an ally of the Republic of Ragusa. |
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| Basing its prosperity on maritime trade, Ragusa became the major power of the southern Adriatic and came to rival the Republic of Venice. |
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| For centuries Ragusa was an ally of Ancona, Venice's other rival in the Adriatic. |
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| Noto, Caltagirone, Catania, Ragusa, Modica, Scicli and particularly Acireale contain some of Italy's best examples of Baroque architecture, carved in the local red sandstone. |
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| During this period Ragusa reconfirmed its old alliance with Ancona. |
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| In 1806, after a siege of a month, Ragusa surrendered to the French. |
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| A connection to the name of Sicilian Ragusa has also been proposed. |
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| She stayed at the Donnafugata Golf and Spa Resort, near Ragusa, Sicily. |
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