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AGNANO, LAGO DI

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 377 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AGNANO, LAGO DI , a circular See also:lake, 5 M. W. of See also:Naples, See also:Italy. It was apparently not formed until the See also:middle ages, as it is not mentioned by See also:ancient writers; it was drained in 1870. It occupied the See also:crater of an See also:extinct See also:volcano, 4 M. in circumference. On the See also:south See also:bank are the Stufe di S. Germano, natural sulphureous vapour See also:baths, and See also:close by is the Grotta del See also:Cane, from the See also:floor of which warm carbonic See also:acid See also:gas constantly rises to a height of 18 in., the fumes of which render a See also:dog insensible in a few seconds. It is mentioned by See also:Pliny (Nat. Hist. ii. 93). Remains of an extensive See also:Roman See also:building and some statues have been discovered close by.

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