CASSANO, a town of Naples, in the province of Calabria Citra, 7 miles E.S.E. of Castrovillari. It stands in a concave recess of a steep mountain, round an isolated rock on which are the ruins of an ancient castle. It has hot sulphureous baths of great local reputation, and is surrounded by beautiful scenery. Pop. 4400, engaged in the manufacture of macaroni, stamped leather, table-linens, and cotton and silk stuffs. Corn, fruits, timber, &c., are raised in the vicinity.
1 From Poggendorff's Annalen, 1840; and it is there stated that the information contained in the article is derived partly from the Bulletin Scientifique de l'Académie de St Petersburg, vol. ii. p. 254; vol. iii. pp. 27, 117, 386; vol. iv. p. 241; partly from the dissertation by M. Alexis Sawitsch, entitled Ueber die Höhe des Caspischen Meeres und der Hauptspitzen des Caucasianischen Gebirges (Dorpat, 1839), and partly from M. G. Sadler's dissertation, entitled Beobachtungen über die örtliche Strahlenbrechung und über die Gesetze der Veränderung derselben (Dorpat, 1839).—EDIT.