Torre del Greco

American  

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

noun

1. a city in SW Italy, near Naples.

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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)

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Example Sentences

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

From Washington Times • Jul. 16, 2023

A few nights later the peasants of Torre del Greco and of Massa di Somma began to complain that the growlings of the demons confined within the mountain disturbed their rest.

From Naples Past and Present by Norway, Arthur H.

A third wrecked Torre del Greco, a fourth poured over Resina, and a fifth, passing westwards, ruined San Giorgio a Cremano, and touched Barra and San Giovanni.

From Naples Past and Present by Norway, Arthur H.

We were twelve in number, distributed in three light barouches, and reached Pompeii in about two hours and a half—passing by the foot of Vesuvius, through Portici, Torre del Greco, and l'Annonziata.

From The Diary of an Ennuyée by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

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