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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 59 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AVERSA , a See also:

town and episcopal see of See also:Campania, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Caserta, 151 M. S.S.W. by See also:rail from Caserta, and 121 m. N. by rail from See also:Naples, from which there is also an electric See also:tramway. Pop. (1901) 23,477. Aversa was the first See also:place in which the See also:Normans settled, it being granted to them !in 1027 for the help which they had given to See also:Duke See also:Sergius of Naples against Pandulf IV. of See also:Capua. The See also:Benedictine See also:abbey of S. Lorenzo preserves a portal of the 11th See also:century. There is also a large lunatic See also:asylum, founded by See also:Joachim See also:Murat in 1813.

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