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CAVA DEI TIRRENI

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 560 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CAVA DEI TIRRENI , a See also:

TOWN

town and episcopal see of See also:

CAMPANIA

Campania, See also:

Italy, in the See also:

province of See also:

SALERNO (anc. Salernum)

Salerno, 6 m. N.W. by See also:

RAIL

rail from the town of Salerno. Pop. (1901) town, 7611; See also:

commune, 23,415. It lies fairly high in a richly cultivated valley, surrounded by wooded hills, and 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 the Neapolitans in summer. A mile to the See also:

south-See also:

west is the See also:

VILLAGE

village of Corpo di Cava (1970 ft.), with the See also:

BENEDICTINE

Benedictine See also:

abbey of La Trinity della Cava, founded in 1025 by St Alferius. The See also:

church and the greater See also:

PART

part of the buildings were entirely modernized in 1796. The old See also:

GOTHIC

Gothic cloisters are preserved. The church contains a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

ORGAN

organ and several See also:

ancient sarcophagi. The archives, now See also:

NATIONAL

national See also:

PROPERTY

property, include documents and See also:

MSS

MSS. of See also:

GREAT

great value (e.g. the Codex Legum Longobardorum of 1004) and fine See also:

INCUNABULA

incunabula. The See also:

abbot is keeper, and also See also:

head of a boarding school. See M.

Morcaldi, Codex Diplomaticus Cavensis (See also:

Naples and See also:

Milan, 1873-1893).

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