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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 457 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CASSANO  ALL' IONIO, a

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town of
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Calabria,
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Italy, in the
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province of
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Cosenza; its railway station (6 m . S. of the town) is 37 M . N. by E. from the town of Cosenza, while it is 6 m . W. of Sibari, on the
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line between Metaponto and Reggio . Pop . 6842 . It is very finely situated, 820 ft. above
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sea-level: the
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rock above it is crowned by a
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medieval
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castle commanding beautiful views: a
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tower is still pointed out as that from which the
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stone was thrown which killed
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Milo, but this rests on an erroneous
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identification of Cassano with the
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ancient
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Compsa (q.v.) . There are warm sulphurous springs here which are used for
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baths .

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