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ALASSIO

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 478 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ALASSIO , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

LIGURIA

Liguria, See also:

Italy, on the N.W. See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of the Gulf of See also:

GENOA (anc. Genua, Ital. Genova, Fr. GPnes)

Genoa, in the See also:

province of Genoa, 57 M. S.W. of the town of the same name by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (1901) 5630. It is mainly noticeable as a See also:

HEALTH

health resort in See also:

winter and a bathing-See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in summer, and has many hotels. The anchorage is safe, and the See also:

BAY

bay full of See also:

fish; the See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour has a certain amount of See also:

trade. The old town contains one or two interesting churches, and commands a See also:

FINE

fine view.

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