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  • Ordinarily the Volturno is a mild stream, but that October it was swollen with rains.

    The Story of World War II Donald L. Miller 1945

  • Ordinarily the Volturno is a mild stream, but that October it was swollen with rains.

    The Story of World War II Donald L. Miller 1945

  • The position on the Volturno was favourable to the Royalists; the fortress of Capua on the left bank gave them a free passage to and fro, while the Volturno, which is rather wide and very deep, formed a grave impediment to the advance of their opponents.

    The Liberation of Italy Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco 1891

  • The first film is set in the Italian seaside town of Castel Volturno, which shot to infamy in Roberto Saviano's multi-award winning movie Gomorra.

    Azeem Ibrahim: The Dark Underbelly of Immigration Azeem Ibrahim 2011

  • The most visible sign of organized crime are Nigerian prostitutes on the Domitiana road, which straddles Castel Volturno for 28 kilometers.

    Azeem Ibrahim: The Dark Underbelly of Immigration Azeem Ibrahim 2011

  • She died in Castel Volturno, near Caserta, Italy, in the evening of 9 November 2008, of a heart attack, shortly after taking part in a concert organized to support writer Roberto Saviano in his stand against the Camorra, a mafia-like organisation.

    miriam makeba | mama afrika « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2008

  • Highways ran south from the city to Puteoli (modern Pozzuoli) and north to the nearby temple of Diana Tifata and then up the Volturnus (modern Volturno) river valley.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • Highways ran south from the city to Puteoli (modern Pozzuoli) and north to the nearby temple of Diana Tifata and then up the Volturnus (modern Volturno) river valley.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • Highways ran south from the city to Puteoli (modern Pozzuoli) and north to the nearby temple of Diana Tifata and then up the Volturnus (modern Volturno) river valley.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • Highways ran south from the city to Puteoli (modern Pozzuoli) and north to the nearby temple of Diana Tifata and then up the Volturnus (modern Volturno) river valley.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

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