Agrigento
Americannoun
noun
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On 20 August, Agrigento Prosecutor Luigi Patronaggio ordered the vessel to be preventatively seized after inspecting it and noting the "difficult situation on board".
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2024
"In the nearby provinces of Palermo and Agrigento, five out of 10 of the arrested become turncoats," he told Reuters speaking from his home in Marsala, on the western tip of Sicily.
From Reuters • Jan. 25, 2023
Greek forces from Himera and the neighboring colonies of Agrigento and Syracuse battled their great rivals, the Carthaginians, who hailed from the African coast of the Mediterranean.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 2, 2022
Shortly after meeting with Livatino’s parents in Agrigento, John Paul II became the first pontiff to publicly decry the Mafia.
From Seattle Times • May 9, 2021
These grillo grapes are grown organically on a steep slope in the Agrigento region of southern Italy.
From New York Times • May 21, 2020
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