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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

The Cardinal Archbishop of Naples was at Torre del Greco on that fateful morning.

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.

The road passes through, or rather over Torre del Greco, a town almost totally destroyed by the eruption in 1794.

From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Spooner, Shearjashub

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.

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