small, rich, and handsome town of Italy, in the kingdom of Naples, and in the Hither Principato, with a bishop's see. It is seated at the foot of the Apennines, near the river Agri, in E. Long. 15. 49. N. Lat. 20. 42.

Marsiigli, Lewis Ferdinand, Count, an Italian, famous for letters as well as arms, was descended from an ancient and noble family, and born at Bologna in 1688. He acquired a great knowledge in the art of war and fortification; served under the emperor Leopold II. against the Turks, by whom he was taken prisoner in 1683, but redeemed, after a year's captivity. In the Spanish succession war, Marsigli, then advanced to the rank of marshal, being in the fortress of Brisac, which surrendered to the duke of Burgundy in 1703, when the place was deemed capable of holding out much longer, was stripped of all his commissions, and had his sword broke over him; and the count d'Arco who commanded was behaced. Marsigli now sought for consolation in the sciences; as, amidst all the hurry and fatigue of war, he had made all the advantages the most philosophic man could do, who had travelled purely in quest of knowledge. He had a rich collection of every thing proper to the advancement of natural knowledge, instruments astronomical and chemical, plans of fortifications, models of machines,