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BORMIO (Ger. Worms)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 255 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BORMIO (Ger. See also:Worms)  , a See also:town of See also:Lombardy, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Sondrio, 412 M . N.E. of the town of Sondrio . Pop . (19o1) 1814 . It is situated in the See also:Valtellina (the valley of the See also:Adda), 4020 ft. above See also:sea-level, at the See also:foot of the Stelvio pass, and, owing to its position, was of some military importance in the See also:middle ages . It contains interesting churches and picturesque towers . A See also:cemetery of pre-See also:Roman date was discovered at See also:Bormio in 1820 . The See also:baths of Bormio, 2 M. farther up the valley, are mentioned by See also:Pliny and See also:Cassiodorus, the secretary of See also:Theodoric, and are much frequented .

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