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CAPRERA

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 290 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CAPRERA , an See also:

island off the N.E. See also:coast of See also:Sardinia, about 1 m. in length. It is connected by a See also:bridge with La Maddalena. Its See also:chief See also:interest lies in its connexion with See also:Garibaldi, who first established himself there in 1854, and died there on the 2nd of See also:June 1882. His See also:tomb is visited on this anniversary by Italians from all parts. See also:Roman remains, including a bust of Maximian, have been found upon the island.

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