ORBETELLO  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• TUSCANY
• TUSCANY (Toscana)

Tuscany, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• GROSSETO

Grosseto, 24 M . S. by E. of Grosseto by See also:

• RAIL

rail, 13 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea level . Pop . (19or) 4188 (town), 5335 (See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune) . It is situated on a See also:

• TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue of See also:

• LAND

land projecting westward into a See also:

• LAGOON (Fr. lagune, Lat. lacuna, a pool)

lagoon which is enclosed on the W. and S. by two See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long narrow sandy spits, and on the seaward (S.W.) See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side by the See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula of See also:

• MONTE

Monte Argentario . A See also:

• CAUSEWAY

causeway connecting the town with this peninsula was built across the lagoon in 1842 . On every side except the landward (E.) side the town is enclosed by an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• TERRACE (Fr. terrace, terrasse, from It. terraccia, terrazzo, Lat. terra, earth)

terrace See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall of polygonal See also:

• WORK

work, and tombs have been discovered in the vicinity and even within the town itself . On the N. side of the promontory are the remains of a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman - See also:

• VILLA

villa partly below sea-level . The town must thus occupy an ancient site, the name of which is unknown . The town still has the bastions which the Spaniards built during the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period (1557–1713) when they were masters of this corner of Italy . There is a large convict See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison with whichis connected another at See also:

• PORTO

Porto Ercole, on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east side of the peninsula . The See also:

• MOTHER

mother See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of the Passionist See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order crowns an See also:

• EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence of Monte Argentario, now strongly fortified .

The See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt-See also:

• WATER

water lagoon (II sq. m. in extent), in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of which the town stands, abounds in See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish, soles and eels . On the eastern edge of the Monte Argentario is an active See also:

• MANGANESE (symbol Mn; atomic weight, 54.93 (0=16)], a metallic chemical element. Its dioxide (pyrolusite)

manganese See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron ore mine, yielding some 30,000 tons per annum . After the fall of the See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

Republic of See also:

• SIENA

Siena, when the territory of Siena passed to Tuscany, See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip II. of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain retained Orbetello, Talamone, Monte Argentario and the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• GIANNUTRI (Gr. 'Apreµlvcov, Lat. Dianium)

Giannutri until 1713, under the name of the Reali Stati dei Presidii . There are still many See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish names among the inhabitants of Orbetello . In 1713 this See also:

• DISTRICT

district passed by treaty to the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, in 1736 to the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the two Sicilies, in 18o1 to the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• ETRURIA

Etruria, and in 1814 to the See also:

• GRAND

grand-duchy of Tuscany . See G . See also:

• DENNIS, JOHN (1657—1734)

Dennis, Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1883), ii . 24o; M . See also:

• CARMICHAEL, GERSHOM (c. 1672-1729)

Carmichael, In Tuscany (London, 19o1), 283, sqq . (T .