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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Torre del Greco

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

From Washington Times ● Jul. 16, 2023

Vesuvius over the city limits of a second Torre del Greco.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.

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)

So the people of Torre del Greco, at the foot of restless Vesuvius, ignore past experience, and all former outbreaks of the mountain which destroyed Pompeii.

From The Story of Malta by Ballou, Maturin Murray

Masaniello, with his troops, had made prisoners of war two divisions of troops which the Viceroy wished to gather round him out of Pozzuoli and Torre del Greco.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter