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FONDI

Volume 9 · 111 words · 1860 Edition

the ancient Fundi, a town of Naples, province of Terra di Lavoro, 14 miles N.W. of Gaeta. This is now a wretched town of about 5000 inhabitants, and only remarkable for the remains of the ancient city. The Appian Way passes through the town, and constitutes its principal street, the ancient pavement being still almost entire. Remains of the cyclopean walls, and of numerous ancient buildings, are still to be seen. The cathedral is a very ancient Gothic edifice. Fundi was celebrated among the Romans for the excellence of its wines, and the famous Cacabus Ager was in the vicinity. The town is very unhealthy from proximity to the Lacus Fundanus.