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Numerous mountain huts, such as the Rifugio Duca degli Abruzzi in the Gran Sasso and the Aosta Valley, honor his mountaineering legacy [13, 23].

He was the first to summit Mount Saint Elias (Alaska) in 1897 and conducted significant climbs in the Ruwenzori Range (Africa) and the Karakoram (K2).

In 1899, he led an expedition toward the North Pole, reaching N, which was the farthest north reached by man at the time.

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Laid down in 1933, the ship featured superior armor compared to its predecessors and was armed with ten 152 mm guns in four turrets [1, 9].

Following the 1943 armistice, she served under Allied command as a high-speed transport. She remained a flagship of the Italian Navy until being decommissioned in 1961 and scrapped in 1965 [7, 9].

During World War I, he served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Adriatic Fleet. The Light Cruiser Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi