Fratta-Maggiore, a town of Italy, 9 miles by rail N. of Naples, with many villas belonging to Neapolitans. It has extensive rope-works, and cultivates wine and hemp. Silkworms are reared in great quantities. Pop. 10,848.
Fratta-Maggiore
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 803
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