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SALERNO

Volume 16 · 52 words · 1797 Edition

an ancient and considerable town of Italy, in the kingdom of Naples, and capital of the Hither Principato, with an archbishop's see, a castle, harbour, and an university chiefly for medicine. It is situated at the bottom of a bay of the same name. E. Long. 14° 43' N. Lat. 40° 45'.