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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 646 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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NICASTRO , a See also:

TOWN

town and episcopal see of See also:

CALABRIA

Calabria, See also:

Italy, in the See also:

province of See also:

CATANZARO

Catanzaro, 17 M. W.N.W. of Catanzaro by See also:

RAIL

rail, and 51 M. E. of S. Eufemia, a station on the See also:

LINE

line along the See also:

General See also:

Medina and other See also:

OFFICERS

officers were tried by a Nicaraguan See also:

court-See also:

MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS)

martial for the See also:

MURDER

murder of See also:

Grace and See also:

CANNON (a word common to Romance languages, from the Lat. canna, a reed, tube, with the addition of the augmentative termination -on, -one)

Cannon, but were acquitted on the 28th of See also:

JANUARY

January 1910. - See also:

west See also:

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

coast from See also:

Naples to Reggio di Calabria. Pop. (19o1) 13,671 (town), 18,15o (See also:

commune). It is situated on the See also:

ISTHMUS (Gr.io0pbs, neck)

isthmus between the gulfs of S Eufemia and of Squillace, the narrowest See also:

PART

part of Calabria, 970 ft. above See also:

sea-level, and commands a See also:

FINE

fine view. The ruined See also:

castle served as the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of imprisonment of See also:

Frederick II.'s son See also:

Henry. The place suffered greatly from the See also:

EARTHQUAKE

earthquake of 1638, which also destroyed the See also:

BENEDICTINE

Benedictine See also:

abbey of S Eufemia, founded by See also:

Robert Guiscard.

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