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Freiberg is a university and former mining town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is a so-called Große Kreisstadt (large county town) and the administrative centre of Mittelsachsen district. Its historic town centre has been placed under heritage conservation and is a chosen site for the proposed UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Ore Mountain Mining Region. Until 1969, the town was dominated for around 800 years by the mining and smelting industries.

In recent decades it has restructured into a high technology site in the fields of semiconductor manufacture and solar technology, part of Silicon Saxony. It is home of the oldest university of mining and metallurgy in the world - the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology.

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Ales (Sardinian pronunciation: Abas), is a small village in Oristano, on the island Sardinia in Italy's Mediterranean Sea. It is located on Mount Arci's eastern slopes. This is the only source of obsidian in Sardinia. Ales, together with Terralba form the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ales–Terralba.

Giovanni Dettori is the current bishop. The bishops' seat is located in Ales Cathedral, which is dedicated to Saint Peter. Ales was the birthplace of Fernando Atzori and Antonio Gramsci. Cagliari is the closest international airport, approximately 70 km (43 mi).

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