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44.1681°N 12.4431°E. / 44.1681; 12.4431. Length. 80 km (50 mi) The Rubicon ( Latin: Rubico; Italian: Rubicone [rubiˈkoːne]; [ 1] Romagnol: Rubicôn [rubiˈkoːŋ]) is a shallow river in northeastern Italy, just south of Cesena and north of Rimini. It was known as Fiumicino until 1933, when it was identified with the ancient river Rubicon ...
April 24, 1973. Designated CP. December 31, 2001. The Maine State House in Augusta, Maine, is the state capitol of the State of Maine. The building was completed in 1832, one year after Augusta became the capital of Maine. Built using Maine granite, the State House was based on the design of the Massachusetts State House (Maine was formerly ...
Augusta ( / əˈɡʌstə / ə-GUSS-tə) is the capital of the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of and most populous city in Kennebec County. Augusta is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area. [ 5] The city's population was 18,899 at the 2020 census, [ 6] making it the 12th most populous city in ...
Monument Square. The History of Portland, Maine, begins when Native Americans originally called the Portland peninsula Məkíhkanək meaning "At the fish hook" in Penobscot [ 1][ 2] and Machigonne (meaning "Great Neck") [ 3] in Algonquian. The peninsula and surrounding areas was home to members of the Algonquian-speaking Aucocisco branch of the ...
Camden, Maine. Penobscot Bay ( French: Baie de Penobscot) is an inlet of the Gulf of Maine and Atlantic Ocean in south central Maine, a stretch known as Midcoast Maine, in a broader Atlantic region known as Down East. The bay originates from the mouth of Maine's Penobscot River, downriver from Belfast. Penobscot Bay has many working waterfronts ...
Richmond Island. / 43.54389°N 70.23472°W / 43.54389; -70.23472. Richmond Island, or Richmond's Island, is an island off the coast of Cape Elizabeth in Cumberland County, Maine, in the United States. [ 2] The island is named for Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox and 1st Duke of Richmond. [ 3] Now privately owned and unoccupied, it is ...
This is a list of capital cities of the United States, including places that serve or have served as federal, state, insular area, territorial, colonial and Native American capitals. Washington, D.C. has been the federal capital of the United States since 1800. Each U.S. state has its own capital city, as do many of its insular areas.
Trieste ( / triˈɛst / tree-EST, [ 3] Italian: [triˈɛste] ⓘ) [ 4] is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, as well as of the regional decentralization entity of Trieste . Trieste is located at the head of the Gulf of Trieste, on a narrow strip of ...