Cava del Tirreni

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 31

Cava del Tirreni, a town of Italy, in a lovely valley, 5½ miles NW. of Salerno by rail, with a cathedral, and manufactures of silk, woollens, cotton, and linen. Pop. 6339. About a mile distant is the Benedictine monastery of the Trinity, celebrated for its archives.

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