	Site Map \| FAQ in Daily Almanac for May 26, 2012
Skip Navigation Home Asian Pacific American Heritage Atlas Encyclopedia Dictionary Thesaurus Features Quizzes Timelines Countries

Fact Monster Kid's reference,
games, quizzes

Editor's Favorites

| Share

Volturno

Volturno (vōltOOr'nō) [key], chief river of S Italy, 109 mi (175 km) long, rising in the Apennines of Molise and flowing SE, then SW through Campania, past Capua, to the Tyrrhenian Sea. On its banks Guiseppe Garibaldi defeated (1860) the troops of Francis II of the Two Sicilies.

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

More on Volturno from Infoplease:

Volturno: meaning and definitions - Volturno: Definition and Pronunciation
Suggestions for spelling of encyclopedia/volturno - The Infoplease spelling checker combines spelling help with our dictionary and thesaurus
Casilinum - Casilinum Casilinum , ancient town, Campania, S Italy, 18 mi (29 km) N of present-day Naples. It ...
Capua - Capua Capua , town (1991 pop. 18,845), Campania, S Italy, on the Volturno River. It is an ...
Dictionary Index - Dictionary Index vis visa visage Visakhapatnam Visalia visard vis-à-vis Visayan Visayan ...

See more Encyclopedia articles on: Italian Physical Geography

Premium Partner Content

HighBeam Research

Related content from HighBeam Research on: Volturno

Light in the Dark Ages: The Rise an Fall of San Vincenzo al Volturno (The Catholic Historical Review)

The sack of San Vincenzo al Volturno.(includes bibliography) (History Today)

The discovery of Abbot Talaricus' (817-3 October 823) tomb at San Vincenzo al Volturno. (Antiquity)

Between text and territory; survey and excavations in the Terra of San Vincenzo Al Volturno.(Brief Article)(Book Review) (Reference & Research Book News)

Portraits, the cult of relics and the affirmation of hierarchy at an early medieval monastery: San Vincenzo al Volturno. (Antiquity)

Tabucchi's brutal empires.(Antonio Tabucchi) (The Modern Language Review)

The Origins of Medieval Architecture: Building in Europe, A.D. 600-900 (The Catholic Historical Review)

150 years of Italy.(CULTURE)(Country overview) (The World and I)

The Story of a Miraculous Wartime Resurrection (Army)

Rapid fluorimetric method to detect total plasma malondialdehyde with mild derivatization conditions (Clinical Chemistry)

Additional search results provided by HighBeam Research, LLC. © Copyright 2005. All rights reserved.

A free, reliable Q&A site for homework help. Answerplease.com

24 X 7

Private Tutor

	24 x 7 Tutor Availability
	Unlimited Online Tutoring
	1-on-1 Tutoring

Explore Algebra 2 , 10th Grade Math