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AVERSA , a See also:town and episcopal see of See also:Campania, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Caserta, 151 M . S.S.W. by See also:rail from Caserta, and 121 m . N. by rail from See also:Naples, from which there is also an electric See also:tramway . Pop . (1901) 23,477 . Aversa was the first See also:place in which the See also:Normans settled, it being granted to them !in 1027 for the help which they had given to See also:Duke See also:Sergius of Naples against Pandulf IV. of See also:Capua . The See also:Benedictine See also:abbey of S . Lorenzo preserves a portal of the 11th See also:century . There is also a large lunatic See also:asylum, founded by See also:Joachim See also:Murat in 1813 . |
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