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AVEZZANO

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 59 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AVEZZANO  , a

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town of the Abruzzi, Italy, in the province of Aquila, 67 m . E. of Rome by
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rail and 38 m . S. of Aquila by road . Pop . (1901) 9442 . It has a
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fine and well-preserved castle, built in 1490 by Gentile Virginio Orsini; it is square, with round towers at the angles . Avezzano is on the main
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line from Rome to Castellammare Adriatico; a branch railway diverges to Roccasecca, on the line from Naples to Rome . The Lago Fucino lies 11 m. to the east .

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