PORTICI, a town of Naples, in the province of Naples,
on the shore of the Bay of Naples, 4 miles S.E. of the capi-
tal, with which it is connected by railway. It contains a
royal palace, which was formerly used as a museum for the
antiquities of Herculaneum and Pompeii. These, however,
have been removed to Naples; and the palace has thus
lost its chief attraction. It still possesses, however, some
good pictures by modern French artists. Portici is a
favourite resort during the autumn of the higher classes of
Neapolitans. It has a harbour protected by a mole, a
church, convent, barracks, and ribbon manufactory. Fishery
and the coasting trade are actively carried on here. Pop. 6200.