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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 118 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PORTICI  , a

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town of
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Campania,
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Italy, in the
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province of
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Naples, 5 M . S.E. of Naples by
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rail, on the shores of the
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bay, and at the
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foot of
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Vesuvius . Pop . (1901), 14,239 . The
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palace, erected in 1738, is traversed by the high road . It once contained the antiquities from
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Herculaneum, now removed to Naples, and since '882 it has been a
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government school of
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agriculture . There is a small
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harbour . Just beyond Portici, on the
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south
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east, is Resina (pop, in 1901, !o,182), on the site of the
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ancient Herculaneum, with several
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fine
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modern villas . The inhabitants are engaged in fishing,
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silk-growing and silk-
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weaving . The town was completely destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 1631 .

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