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Monfalcone
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<p>Monfalcone is a town and <i><a href="/facts/Comune/Bxsc8IYY">comune</a></i> (municipality) in the <a href="/facts/Province_of_Gorizia/Sgr5sLFt">Regional decentralization entity of Gorizia</a> in <a href="/facts/Friuli-Venezia_Giulia/mMdCNYcz">Friuli-Venezia Giulia</a>, northern Italy, located on the <a href="/facts/Gulf_of_Trieste/egFR572P">Gulf of Trieste</a>. Its name means 'falcon mountain' (see <i><a href="/facts/Montfaucon_(disambiguation)/gqQdL43K">Montfaucon</a></i> in French and <i><a href="/facts/Falkenberg_(disambiguation)/G1R593PG">Falkenberg</a></i> in Germanic languages). </p><p>It is a major industrial centre for manufacturing ships, airplanes, textiles, chemicals, and refined oil, and is home to one of <a href="/facts/Fincantieri/QXvzckty">Fincantieri</a>'s main shipyards. Monfalcone is the northernmost city on the <a href="/facts/Mediterranean_Sea/Vr2pzVbM">Mediterranean Sea</a>. </p>