. Southern Italy and Sicily, with excursions to Malta, Sardinia, Tunis, and Corfu : handbook for travellers . to Reggio. COTRONE. 20. Tioiiie. 247 are quarries of marble and alabaster. Tlie town commands fineviews of the Monte Pollino Tp. 246) and the Apulian peninsula,especially from the terrace in the middle of the Via Garibaldi. Itwas the birthplace of St. Nilus. The archiepiscopal library containsa valuable 6th cent. MS. of the Gospels of SS. Matthew and Mark,engrossed on purple vellum and copiously illustrated. The train runs close to the sea through a mountainous district,and crosses the
. Southern Italy and Sicily, with excursions to Malta, Sardinia, Tunis, and Corfu : handbook for travellers . to Reggio. COTRONE. 20. Tioiiie. 247 are quarries of marble and alabaster. Tlie town commands fineviews of the Monte Pollino Tp. 246) and the Apulian peninsula,especially from the terrace in the middle of the Via Garibaldi. Itwas the birthplace of St. Nilus. The archiepiscopal library containsa valuable 6th cent. MS. of the Gospels of SS. Matthew and Mark,engrossed on purple vellum and copiously illustrated. The train runs close to the sea through a mountainous district,and crosses the Trionto. Stations: Mirto-Crosia, San-Giacomo- Calo-pezzati, Pletrapaola, Campana, 85 M. Cariati. Farther on, the traintraverses plantations of olives, vines, and flgs. Stat. Crucoli, Cirh,Torre Melissa. — 109 M. Strongoli. This squalid village, situatedon a bold eminence (1130 ft.) 6M. from the station, was the ancientPetelia, founded, according to tradition, by Philoctetes, and besiegedby Hannibal after the battle of Cannae on account of its attachmentto Rome. 119 M. Cotrone (Albergo Concordia^ Piazz
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