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CASERTA , a See also:town and episcopal see of See also:Campania, See also:Italy, the See also:capital of the See also:province of Caserta, situated 21 M. N. by E. of See also:Naples by See also:rail via Accerra, and 23 M. via See also:Aversa. Pop. (1901) town, 19,18o; See also:commune, 33,373. The See also:modern town (229 ft.) was a See also:mere See also:village belonging to the Caetani See also:family of Sermoneta, who were See also:counts of Caserta, until its See also:purchase from them by See also:Charles IV. of Naples, and the erection of the royal See also:palace, begun by See also:Luigi Vanvitelli (See also:van Wittel) in 1752, but not completed until 1774 for Charles's son See also:Ferdinand IV. It forms a rectangle, the See also:south front being 83o ft. See also:long and 134 ft. high, with 37 windows in each See also:storey. The interior is richly decorated with See also:marbles, almost all of which, except the 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:Carrara See also:marble, are Neapolitan or Sicilian. The See also:staircase, the See also:chapel
and the See also:theatre are especially sumptuous. The extensive gardens which occupy the hillside behind the palace are adorned with fountains and cascades; the botanical See also:garden contains many trees from See also:northern climates. Two See also:miles See also:north is S. Leucio, a village founded by Ferdinand IV. in 1789, with a royal See also:casino, and large See also:silk factories which are still active. The old town (Caserta Vecchia) lies high (1310 ft.) about 3 M. to the north-See also:east. It was founded in the 9th See also:century by the See also:Lombards of See also:Capua. The See also:cathedral has not suffered from restoration. It was completed in 1153. It is a copy of that of Sessa Aurunca, and preserves the type of the Latin See also:basilica. The campanile, Sicilian in See also:style, was completed in 1234, while the See also:dome, which betrays similar motives, is even later. Its See also:pulpit is decorated with the richest polychrome See also:mosaic that can be found anywhere in See also:Sicily or south Italy, and is quite Moslem in its brilliance. It is indeed remarkable to find these motives in a See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church so far inland (Bertaux, L'See also:Art clans l'Italie meridionale, See also:Paris, 1904, i. 353, &e.). There are also the ruins of the old walls.
See also:CASE-SHOT, a projectile used in See also:ordnance for fighting at See also:close quarters. It consists of a thin See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal case containing a large number of bullets - or other small projectiles (see See also:AMMUNITION). Case-shot was formerly called " canister," though the See also:term now used occurs as See also:early as 1625.
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