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POZZUOLI (anc. Puteoli, q.v.)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 240 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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POZZUOLI (anc. See also:Puteoli, q.v.) , a seaport and episcopal see of See also:Campania, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Naples, 7-1 m. W. of it by See also:rail. Pop. (1906), 17,017 (See also:town); 22,838 (See also:commune). It is situated on and at the See also:base of a See also:hill projecting into the See also:bay at Pozzuoli, separated from the See also:main portion of the Gulf of Naples by the promontory of Posilipo. Its See also:mineral See also:baths are frequented in summer; and the volcanic pozzolana See also:earth (also found near See also:Rome), used now as in See also:Roman times for making See also:cement and See also:concrete, derives its name from the See also:place. In the See also:middle ages Pozzuoli was frequently sacked and also damaged by the natural See also:convulsions of 1198 and 1538. To the See also:north-See also:east of the town is the Solfatura, a See also:half See also:extinct See also:volcano See also:crater, in which sulphurous gases are exhaled.

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