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Torre del Greco

American  
[tawr-re del gre-kaw] / ˈtɔr rɛ dɛl ˈgrɛ kɔ /

noun

  1. a city in SW Italy, near Naples.


Torre del Greco British  
/ ˈtorre del ˈɡrɛːko /

noun

  1. a city in SW Italy, in Campania near Vesuvius on the Bay of Naples: damaged several times by eruptions. Pop: 90 607 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“It’s a miracle, really a miracle,” Torre del Greco Mayor Luigi Mennella told state TV.

From Washington Times • Jul. 16, 2023

On the shafts are seated two boys, picked up on the road from Torre del Greco or Pouzzoles, probably supernumerary ciceroni of the antiquities of Herculaneum and Pompeii.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 by Various

Amongst the many classes of toilers with which populous Torre del Greco abounds, that of the coral-fishers is perhaps the most interesting.

From The Naples Riviera by Vaughan, Herbert M. (Herbert Millingchamp)

You can plainly distinguish the course and direction of the lava which destroyed part of Torre del Greco and swept it into the sea.

From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Frye, Major W. E

These fireworks had been prepared for the celebration of the countess' birthday, and were forgotten in the hurry of the night on which the inhabitants fled from Torre del Greco.

From The Parent's Assistant by Edgeworth, Maria

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