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LAURIA, or LORIA

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 286 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LAURIA, or LORIA , a See also:city of See also:Basilicata, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Potenza, situated near the See also:borders of See also:Calabria, 7e m. by road S. of Lagonegro. Pop. Nor) ro,47o. It is a walled See also:town on the steep See also:side of a See also:hill with another portion in the See also:plain below, 1821 ft. above See also:sea-level. The See also:castle was the birthplace of Ruggiero di Loria, the See also:great See also:Italian See also:admiral of the 13th See also:century. It was destroyed by the See also:French under See also:Massena in 1806.

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