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Gradisca d'Isonzo
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Gradisca d'Isonzo (grädē`skä dēsôn`tsō), town, Friuli–Venezia Giulia, NE Italy, on the Isonzo River, near the Slovenian border. It is an agricultural center. The town was founded (late 15th cent.) by Venice as a fortress against the Turks. From 1754 to 1918 it formed with Gorizia (Görz) the crown land of Görz-Gradisca in the Austrian province of Küstenland.


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Extracts from the book, entitled Gradisca, Presidente (Take Your Pleasure, Prime Minister), were published in the left-wing newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano, reports Times Online.
Such a disenchanted perspective of reality recalls not only Tondelli's Camere separate, where the protagonist painfully conquers maturity, but also the closing sequence of Amarcord, where the escapist ideals of Gradisca are exchanged for marriage to an Italian carabiniere.
Byline: MICHAEL SCULLY VINCENT Butler's last official involvement as Ireland's under-16 manager will be next weeks Gradisca tournament in Italy.
 
 
 
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