Fossalta di Piave
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Fossalta di Piave is a town in the province of Venice
, Veneto
, Italy
. It is southeast of E70. It is 40 miles in the north of Venice.
The town's approximately 4,000 inhabitants make their living in tourism and in the vine industry.
At the age of 18, while serving as an ambulance driver on a bicycle, Ernest Hemingway
was injured there on July 8, 1918. He was badly wounded and had to be moved to a hospital in Milan.
Province of Venice
The Province of Venice is a province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Venice.It has an area of 2,467 km², and a total population of 829,418 . There are 44 comuni in the province . As of 2005, the main comuni by population are:-External links:* * : photos of...
, Veneto
Veneto
Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...
, Italy
Italy
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. It is southeast of E70. It is 40 miles in the north of Venice.
The town's approximately 4,000 inhabitants make their living in tourism and in the vine industry.
At the age of 18, while serving as an ambulance driver on a bicycle, Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His economic and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the...
was injured there on July 8, 1918. He was badly wounded and had to be moved to a hospital in Milan.