Apennine mountains
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Historical Examples
A deposit of white ozokerite occurs on the top of the Apennine Mountains, in Italy, of which a specimen is here exhibited.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 Various
The little city of Assisi slept in quietness on the slopes of the Apennine Mountains under the dark clear sky.
The Book of Missionary Heroes Basil Mathews
There were the great Apennine Mountains on the side of which his city of Assisi was built.
The Book of Missionary Heroes Basil Mathews
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