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COTRONE (anc. Croto, Crotona)

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 250 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COTRONE (anc. Croto, See also:Crotona)  , a seaport and episcopal see on the E. See also:coast of See also:Calabria, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Catanzaro, 37 m . E.N.E. of Catanzaro Marina by See also:rail, 143 ft. above See also:sea-level . Pop . (1901) See also:town, 7917; See also:commune, 9545 . It has a See also:castle erected by the See also:emperor See also:Charles V. and a small See also:harbour, which even, in See also:ancient times was not See also:good, but important as the only one between See also:Taranto and Reggio . It exports a considerable quantity of oranges, See also:olives and See also:liquorice .

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