Place:Monfalcone, Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

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NameMonfalcone
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates45.817°N 13.533°E
Located inGorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
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Monfalcone (; Bisiacco: ; ; ; archaic ) is a town and comune of the province of Gorizia in Friuli Venezia Giulia, northern Italy, located on the Gulf of Trieste. Monfalcone means 'falcon mountain' in Italian (see Montfaucon in French and Falkenberg in Germanic languages).

It is a major industrial centre for manufacturing ships, airplanes, textiles, chemicals, and refined oil, and the home of the Fincantieri cruise ship building company. Monfalcone is the northernmost city on the Mediterranean Sea.

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