The New International Encyclopædia/Porto Maurizio

PORTO MAURIZIO, mou-rēt′sē̇-ō̇. The capital of the Province of Porto Maurizio, Italy, situated on a promontory projecting into the Ligurian Sea, 58 miles by rail southwest of Genoa (Map: Italy, C 4). It is a winter resort, has a fine church, a library, a theatre, a technical institute, and a school of navigation. There is a shipping trade in olive oil, agricultural produce, and fish. Population (commune), in 1901, 7141.