TORRE ANNUNZIATA  , a seaport of

Campania, Italy, in the province of Naples, on the east of the Bay of Naples, and at the south foot of Mt Vesuvius, 14 M . S.E. of Naples by rail . Pop . (1901), 25,070 (town); 28,o84 (commune) . It is on the main line to Battipaglia, at the point of junction of a branch line from Cancello round the east of Vesuvius, and of the branch to Castellammare di Stabia and Gragnano . It has a royal arms factory established by Charles IV., and other ironworks, considerable manufacture of macaroni, paper, breeding of silkworms, and some fishing and shipping . The harbour is protected by moles . Remains attributed to the Roman post-station of Oplontis were discovered in making the railwaybetween Torre del Greco and Torre Annunziata, a little west of the latter, in 1842 .