Portici
Americannoun
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Somehow he managed to get Charles, Ferdinand’s father, to appoint him “keeper” of the royal museum at Portici, where the sculptures and the scrolls were kept.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 16, 2015
HERCULANEUM, an ancient city of Italy, situated about two-thirds of a mile from the Portici station of the railway from Naples to Pompeii.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
Boar-hunts of course, to represent how Neapolitan kings kill boars at Portici, and shoot wild-ducks on the Lago di Fusina.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 by Various
Somerville bought a number of crystals from the guides, and went repeatedly to Portici afterwards to complete our collection of volcanic minerals.
From Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville by Mary Somerville
He went toward Portici, but he saw nothing except the sand and pebbles at his feet, and the white-headed surf that broke near at hand.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various
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