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CASTELLAMMARE DI STABIA (anc. Stabiae)

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CASTELLAMMARE DI STABIA (anc. See also:

STABIAE

Stabiae) , a seaport and episcopal see of See also:

CAMPANIA

Campania, See also:

Italy, in the See also:

province of See also:

Naples, 17 M. S.E. by See also:

RAIL

rail from the See also:

TOWN

town of Naples. Pop. (1901) town, 26,378; See also:

commune, 32,589. It lies in the See also:

south-See also:

east See also:

ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle of the See also:

BAY

Bay of Naples, at the beginning of the See also:

peninsula of See also:

SORRENTO (anc. Surrentum, q.v.)

Sorrento, and owing to the See also:

sea and See also:

MINERAL

mineral See also:

WATER

water See also:

BATHS

baths (12 different springs) and its attractive situation, with a splendid view of See also:

VESUVIUS (also Vesevus in ancient poets)

Vesuvius and See also:

FINE

fine See also:

woods on the hills behind, it is a favourite resort of foreigners in See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring and autumn and of Neapolitans in summer. The See also:

castle from which it takes its name, on the See also:

hill to the south of the town, was built by the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

Frederick II. There are three large churches of the See also:

LATE

late 18th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. There are a large royal dockyard and a small-arms factory;there are also See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron See also:

WORKS

works, See also:

cotton, See also:

FLOUR

flour and See also:

MACARONI (from dialectic Ital. maccare, to bruise or crush)

macaroni See also:

mills. The value of imports (chiefly See also:

COAL

coal, See also:

wheat, scrap-iron and See also:

CHEESE (Lat. caseus)

cheese) for 1904 was £1,239,048, and the value of exports (chiefly macaroni and See also:

green See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit) £769,100. There is also a sponge See also:

trade, but the former See also:

CORAL

coral trade is depressed. The. See also:

PORT

port was cleared by 420 vessels of 477,713 See also:

TONNAGE

tonnage in 1905.

An electric See also:

TRAMWAY

tramway along the See also:

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

coast road to Sorrento was opened in 1905.

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