World Directory, Europe, Italy, Venetia, Verona

Peschiera del Garda, is a town and comune in the province of Verona, in Veneto, Italy. When Lombardy-Venetia was under Austrian rule, Peschiera was the northwest anchor of the four fortified towns constituting the so-called Quadrilatero. The fortress is on an island in the Mincio River at its outlet from Lake Garda.

World Directory, Europe, Italy, Venetia, Venice

Chioggia is a coastal town and comune of the province of Venice in the Veneto region of northern Italy, situated on a small island at the southern entrance to the Lagoon of Venice about 25 km south of Venice (50 km by road); causeways connect it to the mainland and to its frazione of Sottomarina. The population of the comune is around 51,000, with the town proper accounting for about half of that and Sottomarina for most of the rest.

World Directory, Europe, Italy, Sicily, Messina

Messina is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, Italy and the capital of the province of Messina. It has a population of c. 240,000 inhabitants in the city proper and about 500,000 in the metropolitan area.

World Directory, Europe, Italy, Campania, Naples

Forio (known also as Forio of Ischia) is a town and comune of c. 14,000 inhabitants in the province in Naples, Italy, situated on the island of Ischia.

World Directory, Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Grosseto

Punta Ala means "Wing Point" because of the shape of this point of land that extends out into the Mediterranean sea toward the Island of Elba in Tuscany near Grossetto.

World Directory, Europe, Netherlands, Zeeland, Walcheren

Vlissingen, or Flushing in English, is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren. With its strategic location between the Scheldt river and the North Sea, Vlissingen has been an important harbour for centuries. It was granted city rights in 1315. In the 17th century Vlissingen was a main harbour for ships of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). It is also known as the birthplace of Admiral Michiel de Ruyter.

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Westkapelle is a village in the municipality of Veere on the island Walcheren, in the province Zeeland of the Netherlands. On 1 January 2005, it had a population of 2,671. Westkapelle is on the westernmost tip of Walcheren and is surrounded by the sea on three sides.

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Oudeschild is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Texel, and lies about 12 km northeast of Den Helder. Oudeschild is the fishing harbour of the island.

World Directory, Europe, Norway, Finnmark, Finnmark

Hammerfest is a city and municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The municipality encompasses parts of three islands: Kvaloya, Soroya, and Seiland. Hammerfest was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. The law required that all cities should be separated from their rural districts, but because of low population, and very few voters, this was impossible to carry out for Hammerfest in 1838.

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Svolvaer is the administrative centre of Vagan Municipality (9,200 inhabitants) in Nordland County, Norway.