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...grown into a mighty concentration of more than 100 plants. The city of Latina, just below Rome, has risen out of a drained marsh to become a bustling center of steel processing, pharmaceuticals and cinema studios. The discovery of methane gas reserves has brought three major petroleum companies to Ferrandina. At Sicily's port of Augusta, the Esso refinery has attracted so many other industries that Sicilians call the region "piccolo Milano"-little Milan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Italy: Changing the Face of a Land | 10/16/1964 | See Source »

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