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Menchov wins race despite fall

...along the scenic coastal area known as Cinque Terre. A grueling mountain stage in 100-degree heat. A climb up Mount Vesuvius. The 100th-anniversary edition of the Giro d'Italia had it all, and the most dramatic moment came with 900 yards...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/06/01/oth_526027.shtml
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Overtime

...defending champion Arizona State 1-0 in softball Friday night. Cycling Armstrong suffers another fall in Giro In Mount Vesuvius, Italy, Lance Armstrong fell again at the Giro d'Italia after bumping wheels with the rider in front of him...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/05/30/oth_525889.shtml
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Overtime

...Wednesday and the 11/2-mile race is June 6. Cycling Armstrong's running out of time in Italy The slopes of the Mount Vesuvius volcano will likely decide the Giro d'Italia winner. Today's final uphill finish also could be Lance Armstrong 's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/05/29/oth_525753.shtml
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Travel briefs

...safe, where to hike for the best views, and even lists other attractions nearby. In Italy, volcanos range from Mount Vesuvius, which has been dormant since 1944, to Stromboli, which has small eruptions every 20 minutes or so that are relatively...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2005/05/29/liv_454514.shtml
Life & style
TV Lookout: highlights (and lowlights) for the week

...after prospering in urbane bliss in the shadow of a mountain no one knew was a simmering volcano. At the feet of Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii lay buried for nearly 1,700 years, when, in 1748, archaeologists began unearthing the ancient city...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2005/01/30/tel_441377.shtml
Television
Met Museum is expanding - with thousands of stored artworks

...triumph of the god Dionysus and frescoes in the reconstructed bedroom of a Roman-style villa buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. On the Net: Metropolitan Museum of Art: http://www.metmuseum.org

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/02/26/art_405833.shtml
Arts
Miyabi's hits the Mark with Japanese fare

...entrees are standard Japanese fare: grilled beef, chicken and seafood served over mounds of fried rice that rival Mount Vesuvius in height. We started with the teasers that accompany each entree: a flavorful soup with scallions and mushrooms...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2001/10/19/app_327412.shtml
Applause
Decades-long restoration of frescoes in Raphael's Rooms in Vatican nears completion

...ingredients Roman artists used in plaster for frescoes. The Rome school used volcanic rock, including from near Mount Vesuvius, instead of the sand used in northern Italy, and Raphael apparently learned the hard way - judging by cracks left...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/08/25/rel_141050.shtml
Your Faith
Exhibit examines lost lives at Pompeii

...pumice and ash raining down from Mount Vesuvius. But instead, she was struck...after the violent eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy. To do so, the show...in August of 79 A.D., when Mount Vesuvius erupted at about one in the afternoon...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2005/10/25/art_15403.shtml
Arts
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