POZZUOLI (anc. Puteoli, q.v.)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V22,
Page 240
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:POZZUOLI (anc. See also:Puteoli, q.v.)
, a seaport and episcopal see of See also:Campania, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Naples, 7-1 m
.
W. of it by See also:rail
.
Pop
.
(1906), 17,017 (See also:town); 22,838 (See also:commune)
.
It is situated on and at the See also:base of a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill projecting into the See also:bay at See also:Pozzuoli, separated from the See also:main portion of the Gulf of Naples by the promontory of Posilipo
.
Its See also:mineral See also:baths are frequented in summer; and the volcanic pozzolana See also:earth (also found near See also:Rome), used now as in See also:Roman times for making See also:cement and See also:concrete, derives its name from the See also:place
.
In the See also:middle ages Pozzuoli was frequently sacked and also damaged by the natural See also:convulsions of 1198 and 1538
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To the See also:north-See also:east of the town is the Solfatura, a See also:half See also:extinct See also:volcano See also:crater, in which sulphurous gases are exhaled
.
End of Article: POZZUOLI (anc. Puteoli, q.v.)
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