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ALVARO DE LUNA (d. 1453)

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 123 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LUNA (d. 1453)  , See also:Constable of See also:Castile, See also:Grand though traversed by the See also:coast road (Via See also:Aurelia), and it was renowned for the See also:marble from the neighbouring mountains of See also:Carrara, which See also:bore the name of See also:Luna marble . See also:Pliny speaks of the quarries as only recently discovered in his See also:day . See also:Good See also:wine was also produced . There are some remains of the See also:Roman See also:period on the site, and a See also:theatre and an See also:amphitheatre may be distinguished . No See also:Etruscan remains have come to See also:light . 0 . Cuntz's investigations (Jahreshefte See also:des Osterr . See also:Arch . Instituts, 1904, 46) seem to See also:lead to the conclusion that an See also:ancient road crossed the See also:Apennines from it, following the See also:line of the See also:modern road (more or less that of the modern railway from See also:Sarzana to See also:Parma), and dividing near See also:Pontremoli, one See also:branch going to Borgotaro, See also:Veleia and Placentia, and the other over the Cisa pass to See also:Forum Novum (Fornovo) and Parma . The See also:town was destroyed by the See also:Arabs in Io,6, and the episcopal see transferred to Sarzana in 1204 . See G . See also:Dennis, Cities and Cemeteries of See also:Etruria (See also:London, 1883), ii .

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