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Castellammare di Stabia

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/ kastɛllamˈmaːre di ˈstabja /

noun

  1. a port and resort in SW Italy, in Campania on the Bay of Naples: site of the Roman resort of Stabiae, which was destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 ad Pop: 66 929 (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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The mayor of Castellammare di Stabia - where the cable car is located - said it was believed a traction cable had snapped.

From BBC Apr. 18, 2025

The mayor of Castellammare di Stabia - where the cable car was located - said they believed a traction cable had snapped.

From BBC Apr. 17, 2025

In 1980, the national broadcaster, RAI, aired a report that suggested that the statue had been unearthed in 1975 or 1976 while construction work was going on in an area of modern-day Castellammare di Stabia.

From New York Times May 20, 2022

La Presse news agency said Maresca died Thursday at her home in the Naples suburb of Castellammare di Stabia, the town where she was born.

From Seattle Times Dec. 30, 2021

Castellammare di Stabia, on the west coast of the gulf, has a large naval shipbuilding yard and an important harbour.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various

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