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PALAWARAM , a town of British India, in Chingleput district
Madras
Madras
South
PALAllOLO ACREIDE, a town of Sicily, in the province of Syracuse, 28 M. by road W. of it, 2285 ft. above sea-level. Pop. (1901), 14,840. The town occupies the site of the ancient Acrae, founded by Syracuse about 664 B.C. It followed in the main the fortunes of the mother city. In the treaty between the Romans and Hiero
The ancient city lay on the hill above the modern town, the approach to it being defended by quarries, in which tombs of all periods have been discovered. The auditorium of the small theatre is well preserved, though nothing of the stage remains. Close to it are ruins of other buildings, which bear , without justification
establishment
Hiero
supply was obtained by subterranean aqueducts. In the cliffs of the Monte Pineta to the south
rock
See G. Judica, Antichita di Acre (Messina, 1819). (Baron Judica's collection of antiquities was dispersed after his death.) J. Schubring, Jahrbuch fur Philologie, Suppl. IV., 662672. End of Article: PALAWARAM If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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