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MONTECRISTO, (anc. Oglasa)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 764 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MONTECRISTO, (anc. Oglasa) , an See also:island of See also:Italy, belonging to the See also:province of See also:Leghorn, 25 M. S. of See also:Elba. Its highest point is 2126 ft. above See also:sea-level, and its See also:area about 6 sq. m. It contains the ruins of a Camaldulensian monastery, founded in the 13th See also:century and destroyed in the 16th, and is the private See also:property of the See also:king of Italy, who has a See also:shooting-See also:lodge there. The fame of the island is due to the novel, Le See also:Comte de Montecristo, by the See also:elder See also:Dumas.

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