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3 unusual facts about Grado


Battle of Lutos

The Asturian forces ambushed the Muslim army in a part of the valley near Grado, Asturias that has been thought by historians to be the area around Los Lodos.

Grado. Süße Nacht

Süße Nacht (Grado. Sweet Night) is a short novel by Gustav Ernst first published in 2004.

Josef Maria Auchentaller

In 1903, he moved with his wife and children to Grado, Italy, seeking a better climate and financial stability.


Acqua alta

The peaks reach their maximum in the Venetian Lagoon, where they cause partial flooding of Venice and Chioggia; flooding also occurs elsewhere around the northern Adriatic, for instance at Grado and Trieste, but much less often and to a lesser degree.

Bassa Friulana

It is well known for its beaches (such as those of Grado, Grado Pineta, Lignano Sabbiadoro, Lignano Pineta and Lignano Riviera), and for its lagoons (such as those of Grado and Marano Lagunare).

Otto Orseolo

The denunciations of Poppo of Treffen, the Patriarch of Aquileia, incited the Venetians to expel Otto and the patriarch of Grado from Venice, whence they took refuge in Istria from 1022 to 1023.


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