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Encyclopedia Britannica



TORRE ANNUNZIATA

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 60 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TOO-TUM
TORRE ANNUNZIATA , a seaport of Campania,
Italy
 , in the province of Naples, on the
east
  of the Bay of Naples, and at the
south
  foot of Mt
Vesuvius
 , 14 M. S.E. of Naples by
rail
 . Pop. (1901), 25,070 (town); 28,o84 (commune). It is on the
main
  line to Battipaglia, at the point of junction of a branch line from Cancello round the
east
  of
Vesuvius
 , and of the branch to Castellammare di Stabia and Gragnano. It has a royal arms factory established by Charles IV., and other ironworks, considerable manufacture of
macaroni
 ,
paper
 , breeding of silkworms, and some fishing and shipping. The harbour is protected by moles. Remains attributed to the Roman
post
 -station of Oplontis were discovered in making the railwaybetween Torre del Greco and Torre Annunziata, a little west of the latter, in 1842.


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