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LAGO DI See also:AGNANO , a circular See also:lake, 5 M . W. of See also:Naples, See also:Italy . It was apparently not formed until the See also:middle ages, as it is not mentioned by See also:ancient writers; it was drained in 1870 . It occupied the See also:crater of an See also:extinct See also:volcano, 4 M. in circumference . On the See also:south See also:bank are the Stufe di S . Germano, natural sulphureous vapour See also:baths, and See also:close by is the Grotta del See also:Cane, from the See also:floor of which warm carbonic See also:acid See also:gas constantly rises to a height of 18 in., the fumes of which render a See also:dog insensible in a few seconds . It is mentioned by See also:Pliny (Nat . Hist. ii . 93) . Remains of an extensive See also:Roman See also:building and some statues have been discovered close by . |
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