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Lauria

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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or LoRIA, a city of Basilicata, Italy, in the province of Potenza, situated near the borders of Calabria, 7-1- m. by road S. of Lagonegro. Pop. (1901) 10,470. It is a walled town on the steep side of a hill with another portion in the plain below, 1821 ft. above sea-level. The castle was the birthplace of Ruggiero di Loria, the great Italian admiral of the 13th century. It was destroyed by the French under Massena in 1806.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Lauria'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​l/lauria.html. 1910.
 
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