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The view of the city from any of the heights around, more particularly from that part of the shore called the Ponente, where we were to-day, is grand beyond description; on every side the church of Carignano is
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Batali is right that this tomatoe is typical of Liguria and in particular the Ponente, the part of Liguria that goes from Genova to France.
Discovering an Intense, Crunchy Tomato - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Then we passed Albifola, Sestri di Ponente, Novi, Voltri, and a great number of villages, villas, and magnificent palaces belonging to the Genoese nobility, which form almost a continued chain of buildings along the strand for thirty miles.
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Ponente, passa sopra li confini Settentrionali della Rossia, et v� alla volta di Maestro.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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To vary the route homeward, instead of crossing the Mont-Cenis, as had been done in frost and snow at a late season of the year in the former tour, I enjoyed the enviable contrast of journeying along the _Riviera di Ponente_ from Genoa to
Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Thomas Forester
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E. from Pegli and 3¾ W. from Genoa is +Sestri-Ponente+, pop.
The South of France—East Half C. B. Black
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Called also the Riviera di Ponente and the Riviera di
The South of France—East Half C. B. Black
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The tourist business was no mean industry along the Riviera di Ponente, and not to be disturbed to satisfy a policeman's whim.
Keeper of the Keys Biggers, Earl Derr, 1884-1933 1932
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Ponente, through Marseilles, Nice, and Mentone to Ventimiglia, or crossing the Alps touches Italian soil, though scarcely Italy indeed, at
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition Edward Hutton 1922
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Pius VI in April, 1783, in 1786 he was made Ponente del buon governo, i.e. member of a congregation charged with the direction of municipal affairs.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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