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See also:SARNO (anc. Sarnus)
, a See also:town of See also:Campania, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Salerno, 15 M
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N.E. from that See also:city and 30 M
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E. of See also:Naples by the See also:main railway
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Pop
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(1901) 15,130 (town), 19,192 (See also:commune)
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It lies at the See also:foot of the See also:Apennines, 92 ft. above See also:sea-level, near the See also:sources of the See also:Sarno (anc
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Sarnus), a stream connected by See also:canal with See also:Pompeii and the sea
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Sarno has the ruins of a See also:medieval See also:castle, which belonged to See also:Count See also:Francesco Coppola, who took an important See also:part in the See also:conspiracy of the barons against See also: Before its See also:incorporation with the domains of the See also:crown of Naples Sarno gave its name to a countship held in See also:succession by the See also:Orsini, Cappola, Suttavilla and See also:Colonna families . |
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