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MADDALONI

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 280 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MADDALONI , a See also:

town of See also:Campania, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Caserta, about 32 m. S.E. of Caserta, with stations on the See also:railways from Caserta to See also:Benevento and from Caserta to See also:Avellino, 200 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (1901), 19,778 (town); 21,270 (See also:commune). It is prettily situated at the See also:base of one of the Tifata hills, the towers of its See also:medieval See also:castle and the See also:church of See also:San Michele crowning the heights above. The See also:fine old See also:palace of the Caraffa See also:family, once See also:dukes of Maddaloni, the old See also:college now named after See also:Giordano See also:Bruno, and the See also:institute for the sons of soldiers are the See also:chief points of See also:interest. About 21' M. See also:east of See also:Valle di Maddaloni, the Ponta See also:delta Valle, an See also:aqueduct built by the orders of See also:Charles III. of See also:Naples and his son to convey the See also:water of the Tiburno to Caserta (19 m.), is carried across the valley between See also:Monte Longano and Monte See also:Gargano by a threefold See also:series of See also:noble See also:arches rising to. a height of 210 ft. The See also:work was designed by Lodovico Vanvitelli, and constructed between 1753 and 1759.

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