Grotta

You will find me, signorina, when next you come to Italy, still digging the ground in Grotta del Monte.

Jerry Junior 1907

Agrippa in 37 B.C. converted it into a naval harbour, the _Portus Iulius_; joining it to the Lacus Lucrinus by a canal, and connecting the latter with the sea, he reduced the distance to Cumae by boring a tunnel over ½ m. in length, now called Grotta della Pace, through the hill on the north-west side of Lake Avernus.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various

Then they are said to have sung the lay called Grotta-Savngr, and before they ended their song to have ground a hostile army against Frothi, insomuch, that a certain sea-king, called Mysingr, arriving the same night, slew Frothi, taking great spoil.

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Lastly there are the mephitic springs that produce carbonic acid, the most famous of them being the so-called Grotta del Cane, near the Lake of Aguano, which is an ancient, extinct crater, near Naples.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

In any case, I should barely have had time to go further, and had to be content with a description from my companions of a larger cave some distance beyond this, which is known as the Grotta of S.n Gregorio -- with reference, no doubt, to S. Gregory the

By the Ionian Sea George Gissing 1880

We proceed to Section B, same wall, where hang two grand Mantegnas, painted for Isabella d'Este's "Grotta," towards the end of the artist's career.

The Story of Paris Thomas Okey 1893

There are other like-minded traders in the vicinity, too: the Borough Cheese Company with its wheels of aged comte; Käse Swiss cheeses and Topolski pickles and cured meats; beer from the Kernel Brewery; the Ham and Cheese Company with its mozzarella and parmesan, and if you are very lucky La Grotta ices will be outside Monmouth Coffee with, perhaps, a grape granita.

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