Avellino

Avellino (anc. Abellinum), chief town of an Italian province of the same name, at the foot of Monte Vergine, 59 miles E. of Naples by rail. Avellino suffered greatly from earthquakes in 1694, 1731, and 1805. It has a cathedral and royal college, manufactures of linen, paper, hats, salami, and considerable trade in corn and in hazel-nuts, which were famous even in antiquity. Pop. (1892) 26,500; of province, 412,242.