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Today's settlement is located on a hillside of mount
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such as the proclamation its freedom and the increase of its territory, where a dense network of rural settlements was developed.
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304:View of the ancient theatre
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526:Hipparchia
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389:Ortagurea
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252:Time zone
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401:Cicones
351:History
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163:Country
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