Castellamare, a port on the coast of Italy, 115 m. SE. of Naples, the scene of Pliny's death from the eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79. It takes its name from a castle built on it by the Emperor Frederick II.; has a cathedral, arsenal, and manufactures.
Population (circa 1900) given as 15,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Castelar, Emilio * Castellio