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Encyclopedia Britannica



PORTICI

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 118 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: POL-PRE
PORTICI , a town of Campania,
Italy
 , in the province of Naples, 5 M. S.E. of Naples by
rail
 , on the shores of the bay, and at the foot of
Vesuvius
 . Pop. (1901), 14,239. The palace, erected in 1738, is traversed by the high road. It once contained the antiquities from Herculaneum, now removed to Naples, and since '882 it has been a government school of
agriculture
 . There is a small harbour. Just beyond Portici, on the
south
 
east
 , is Resina (pop, in 1901, !o,182), on the site of the ancient Herculaneum, with several fine
modern
  villas. The inhabitants are engaged in fishing,
silk
 -growing and
silk
 -weaving. The town was completely destroyed by the eruption of
Vesuvius
  in 1631.


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