Belluno

(bĕl-lo͞o`nō), city (1991 pop. 35,572), capital of Belluno prov., Venetia, NE Italy, on the Piave River at the foot of the Dolomites. It is an agricultural and manufacturing center. A Roman town, it later belonged to various lords and was a free commune before voluntarily submitting to Venetian rule (1404–1797). The city has a 16th-century cathedral with a beautiful baroque bell tower and a Renaissance city hall.

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1963 High dam collapses near Belluno, Italy, and resulting flood kills an estimated 1,800 people.

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De sus ancestros nadie supo nunca nada y para sus conciudadanos todo en el era un misterio; pero seamos mas explicitos ya que el extrano personaje se granjeo muchos recelos y en ellos estuvo incluida la aficion por el cotilleo de toda metropoli pequena (la poblacion de Belluno apenas rebasa los 200 mil habitantes).

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Partilhando a crenca da epoca de que o sistema dos hieroglifos nao era senao a expressao dos valores simbolicos implicitos na natureza, mas consciente da impossibilidade de chegar a uma interpretacao global dessa simbologia, o humanista de Belluno seguiu uma orientacao mais pratica.

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