Torre Annunziata (tôr`rā än-n
ntsyä`tä), city (1991 pop. 52,875), Campania, S Italy, on the Bay of Naples and at the foot of Mt. Vesuvius. It is a port, industrial center, and seaside resort. Founded in the early 14th cent., the city was destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 1631.
Torre Annunziata
ntsyä`tä), city (1991 pop. 52,875), Campania, S Italy, on the Bay of Naples and at the foot of Mt. Vesuvius. It is a port, industrial center, and seaside resort. Founded in the early 14th cent., the city was destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 1631.Torre Annunziata
a port city in southern Italy, in Napoli Province, in Campania. Situated on the Bay of Naples, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius. Population, 61,000 (1966). Torre Annunziata has machine-building, metallurgy, and the manufacture of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and furniture. The food-processing industry is represented by the manufacture of macaroni products and by canning and wine-making.
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