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AMALFI , a See also:town and archiepiscopal see of See also:Campania, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Salerno, from the town of which name it is distant 12 M. W.S.W. by road, on the N. See also:coast of the Gulf of Salerno. Pop. (1901) 668,. It lies at the mouth of a deep See also:ravine, in a sheltered situation, at the See also:foot of See also:Monte Cerreto (4314 ft.), in the centre of splendid coast scenery, and is in consequence much visited by foreigners. The See also:cathedral of S. See also:Andrea is a structure in the Lombard-See also:Norman See also:style, of the rrth See also:century; the See also:facade in See also:black and See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone was well restored in 1891; the See also:bronze doors were executed at See also:Constantinople before ,o66. The campanile See also:dates from 1276. The interior is also See also:fine, and contains See also:ancient columns and sarcophagi. The conspicuous Capuchin monastery on the W. with fine ' cloisters (partly destroyed by a landslip in 1899) is now used as an hotel. Amalfi is first mentioned in the 6thcentury,and soon acquired importance as a See also:naval See also:power; in the 9th century it shared with See also:Venice and See also:Gaeta the See also:Italian See also:trade with the See also:East, and in 848 its See also:fleet went to the assistance of See also:Pope See also:Leo IV. against the See also:Saracens.
It was then an See also:independent See also:republic with a See also:population of some 70,000, but in 1131 it was reduced by See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Roger of See also:Sicily. In 1135 and 1137 it• was taken by the Pisans, and rapidly declined in importance, though its maritime See also:code, known as the Tavole Amalfitane, was recognized in the Mediterranean until 157o. In 1343 a large See also:part of the town was destroyed by an inundation, and its See also:harbour is now of little importance. Its See also:industries too, have largely disappeared, and the See also:paper manufacture has lost ground since 1861.
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