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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 850 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MASSA  , a

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town of
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Tuscany,
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Italy, the
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joint
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capital with
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Carrara of the
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province of Massa and Carrara, and sharing with it the episcopal see, 20 M . S.E. of
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Spezia by
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rail, 246 ft. above
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sea-Ievel . Pop . (1901), 10,559 (town); 26,118 (
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commune) . The Palazzo Ducale (now the prefecture) was erected in 1701, and was a summer
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residence of
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Napoleon's
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sister, Elisa Baciocchi, princess of
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Lucca, who caused the
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ancient
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cathedral opposite to be destroyed . The hills
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round the town yield
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marble, and there is a narrow-
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gauge railway to the Marina d'Avenza, where the marble is shipped .

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