PontecorvocityPONTECORVO, a city of Italy .in the province of Caserta, on the left bank of the Garigliano, with a popu-' la.tion of 5172 in 1881 (commune 10,191), answers to the ancient Fregellw, a Volscian city, colonized in 323 )Le. by the Romans, who thus occasioned the Second Samnite War. The principality of I'ontecorvo (about 40 square miles in extent), which Napoleon lestowed on Bernadotte in 1806, was in 1810 incorporated with the French empire. Citing this materialPlease include a link to this page if you have found this material useful for research or writing a related article. Content on this website is from high-quality, licensed material originally published in print form. You can always be sure you're reading unbiased, factual, and accurate information. Highlight the text below, right-click, and select “copy”. Paste the link into your website, email, or any other HTML document.
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