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
I found the most elevated at Tironi, and the most numerous between La Favorita and the Bosco Reale di Portici.
From The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 by Palmieri, Luigi
At the same time, he felt he could not visit either of Bayreuth's pleasure-places, Eremitage or Fantaisie, which were Herculaneum and Portici to him now.
From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul
On the 28th they darkened the air, and the terrific noise of the mountain continuing or increasing, the terror at Resina, Portici, and Naples became universal.
From Volcanoes: Past and Present by Hull, Edward
He went or glided down the declivity towards Portici.
From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul
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