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