Castellama're

Castellama're, a fortified city and seaport of South Italy, 17½ miles SE. of Naples by rail, built along a sheltered beach on the south-east side of the Gulf of Naples, over which it commands a magnificent view. It is on or near the site of the ancient Stabiae, which was desolated by Sulla during the Social War, and where the elder Pliny afterwards lost his life when the city was overwhelmed with lava from Vesuvius (79 A.D.). The town was sacked in the 15th century by Pope Pius II., and again in 1654 by the Duc de Guise. The Castello that gave it name was built by the Emperor Frederick II. in the 13th century; and Castellamare has also a cathedral, an arsenal, and manufactures of macaroni, cotton, sail-cloth, &c. Pop. 22,207.—CASTELLAMARE, in Sicily, at the head of a gulf of the same name, 41 miles WSW. of Palermo by rail, has a population of 15,303, and exports of cotton, wine, fruit, and manna.