Sessa, a city of Southern Italy, 32 miles NW. of Naples, has a fine cathedral, a theological seminary, a technical college, and ruins (amphitheatre, baths, &c.) of the ancient Suessa Auruncorum. On its hills was grown the famous Falernian wine of the Romans. Pop. 5319.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 330
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