Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Torre Annunziata

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2734462Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition — Torre Annunziata

TORRE ANNUNZIATA, a town of Italy, in the province of Naples, 121/2 miles south-east from that city, on the Bay of Naples, at the southern base of Vesuvius. The inhabitants are mainly occupied in fishing and in a brisk coasting trade; there are also manufactures of arms, paper, and macaroni. The population in 1881 was 20,060.