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Pon·tine Marshes (p

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An area of central Italy between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Apennine foothills. Formerly a malarial breeding ground, the land was drained during the 1930s to produce fertile farmland.

Pontine Marshes [ˈpɒntaɪn]

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(Placename) an area of W Italy, southeast of Rome: formerly malarial swamps, drained in 1932-34 after numerous attempts since 160 bc had failed Italian name Agro Pontino [ˈɑːgro ponˈtiːno]

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Latina Lazio			It seems unlikely that the government will, in the near future, open its purse and direct its imagination toward shaping new towns along the lines of a new and technically improved Venice - much less pursue such ambitious programmes as the draining of the Fens or the Pontine Marshes. One nation under water by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk Before 1930, he says, the Pontine Marshes, between Rome and Naples, were avoided by people because of the malarial mosquitoes. Mussolini's cities; internal colonialism in Italy, 1930-1939 by Reference & Research Book News			The most feck The Mountain The mouth waters The multitude The Nativity the Nazarene The Netherlands The New Jerusalem The Night Before Christmans The Nine The nude The Oaks The Ohio buckeye The Old Boy The old masters The Omnipotent The open air The Order of the Visitation of Our Lady The other day the other way around the Pamirs The pathetic The period The Petition of Right the pits The Pontine Marshes The poor The Porch The prize ring The probable The professed The quality The rabble The Rand The ranks The rather The Regents of the University of the State of New York The restoration The Revised Version of the Bible the right way The ring The romantic drama The sacred college The Scorpion's Heart The Seventy The sex The Shades The shakes the shits The shorts The signal service			The poetic edda The Poetry Foundation The Point of Building The point of no return The point of no return The Point Online The Pointman Project The Pointman Project The Pointman Project The PokéMasters The Pokémon Company International The Pokemon PokeCenter The Pokey Liberation Army The pole of inaccessibility The Poles The Poles The Police Association Victoria The Police Credit Union The Polio Outreach of Connecticut The Politicizing of American Jurisprudence The Politicizing of American Jurisprudence The Politicizing of American Jurisprudence The Politics of Cannibals The Politics of Ecstasy The Poll Tax The Poll Tax The Poll Tax The Poll Tax The Polycarp Research Institute The Polyphonic Spree The Pontine Marshes The Pony Express The Pony Express The Pool Party The poor the poor man's the poor man's The Pop Culture Suicides The pope The pope The pope The pope The Popeye and Olive Oyl Show The Popeye Show The Popish Plot The Popish Plot The Poppy Family The Poppy Family The Population Bomb The Porch The Porch The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey The Portable Warehouse The Porte The Porte The Portishead Lifeboat Trust The Ports Finezt The Portugal Digital Journal The Posse The Posse The Posse

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Pontine Marshes (redirected from The Pontine Marshes)

Pontine Marshes
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