SAMPIERDARENA (

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• SAN

San

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• PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

Pier d'

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• ARENA (Lat. for " sand ")

Arena, i.e. St

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• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter of the Sands)  , a town of Liguria, Italy, in the province of Genoa, 21 M. by rail W. of the city of that name, 16 ft. above sea-level . Pop . (1906) 37,582 (town); 43,654 (commune) . It is practically a suburb of Genoa and contains a number of handsome palaces, including the Palazzo Spinola and the Palazzo Scassi, both probably built by G . Alessi . It has become a place of great industrial and commercial activity, the Ansaldo ship-building yard being the most important of its workshops . Near the of battle as the last Spanish vessel surrendered, and the engagement was fought in accordance with his instructions . He was promoted to commodore in 1898, to rear-admiral on the 3rd of March 1899, and was made commandant of the Boston (Charlestown) Navy Yard in October of the same year . He died on the 6th of May 1902 .