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The Bergamasca (Bergamasker, Gigante di Bergamo, Bergamacia) is a breed of sheep found in the Lombardy region of Italy. It is the basic breed of the Lop-eared Alpine group and is polled. It is coarse woolled meat breed. The
Bergamasca is the foundation of the other Lop-eared Alpine breeds and of Fabrianese, Pavullese, Perugian Lowland and Zakynthos.
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The Biellese (Biellese-Bergamasca) is a breed of sheep from the Piedmont region of Italy. It is a carpet wool breed used for meat production. One of the Lop-eared Alpine group of sheep breeds, the
Biellese is polled.
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The Fabrianese is a breed of sheep found in Ancona Province, Marche Region of Italy. The Fabrianese is a course wool breed kept for both meat and milk production. The breed is polled and exhibits a Roman nose. It originated from local Apennine crossed to Bergamasca.
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The Jezerskosolflorinavska is a breed of sheep that resulted from the crossbreeding of native white sheep with the Bergamasca sheep and with the Padova sheep. It resembles the Austrian Bergschaf that has a similar origin. The breed got its name after the breeding centres of Jezersko and Solflorinava. Its head has a convex profile and hanging ears. Its legs are long and strong. This breed is very convenient for lamb production in the Alpine and Pre-Alpine region. It used to be reared in farms in combination with cattle. From June to September the sheep grazed in the mountains and mountainous pastures while in spring and autumn they grazed in farms together with cattle. Since 1980 Jezersko-Solflorinavska sheep has been crossed by Romanovska sheep, hence number of pure breed animals has been decreased quickly. Therefore, a special program on preservation the pure breed has been started in 1991. It is financed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Bovska sheep and Istrian Pramenka are also included in the preservation program.
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The Caproni Bergamasca AP 1 was an Italian attack aircraft of the Second World War, in service from 1936 until the late 1940s. The aircraft was manned by a crew of two comprising a pilot and an observer/gunner seated in tandem. Powered by a single Piaggio XI RC 35 radial piston engine rated at 895 hp the AP 1 had a top speed of 242 mph and a typical range of 1100 km. Armaments consisted of two 7.7 mm Breda-SAFAT or Scotti fixed forward-firing machine-guns in the leading edges of the wings, and one 7.7 mm Breda-SAFAT trainable machine-gun in the dorsal position. Up to 500 kg of disposable stores (usually anti-personnel bombs) could be carried in a lower fuselage weapon bay and on two hard points under the wings.
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