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MASSA

This article appears in Volume V17, Page 850 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MAR-MEC
MASSA , a town of Tuscany,
Italy
 , the
joint
 
capital
  with
Carrara
  of the province of Massa and
Carrara
 , and sharing with it the episcopal see, 20 M. S.E. of
Spezia
  by
rail
 , 246 ft. above sea-Ievel. Pop. (1901), 10,559 (town); 26,118 (commune). The Palazzo Ducale (now the prefecture) was erected in 1701, and was a summer residence of
Napoleon
 's
sister
 , Elisa Baciocchi, princess of Lucca, who caused the ancient
cathedral
  opposite to be destroyed. The hills round the town yield
marble
 , and there is a narrow-gauge railway to the Marina d'Avenza, where the
marble
  is shipped.


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