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SARNO (anc. Sarnus)

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 220 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SARNO (anc. Sarnus) , a See also:town of See also:Campania, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Salerno, 15 M. N.E. from that See also:city and 30 M. E. of See also:Naples by the See also:main railway. Pop. (1901) 15,130 (town), 19,192 (See also:commune). It lies at the See also:foot of the See also:Apennines, 92 ft. above See also:sea-level, near the See also:sources of the Sarno (anc. Sarnus), a stream connected by See also:canal with See also:Pompeii and the sea. Sarno has the ruins of a See also:medieval See also:castle, which belonged to See also:Count See also:Francesco Coppola, who took an important See also:part in the See also:conspiracy of the barons against See also:Ferdinand of See also:Aragon in 1485. See also:Walter of Brienne is buried in the See also:ancient See also:church of S. Maria della Foce rebuilt in 1701. See also:Paper, See also:cotton, See also:silk, See also:linen and See also:hemp are manufactured.

The travertine which forms See also:

round the springs of the Sarno was used even at Pompeii as See also:building material. Before its See also:incorporation with the domains of the See also:crown of Naples Sarno gave its name to a countship held in See also:succession by the See also:Orsini, Cappola, Suttavilla and See also:Colonna families.

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