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CASTELFRANCO

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 471 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CASTELFRANCO  NELL'

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EMILIA, a
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town of Emilia, Italy, in the province of Bologna, 16 m . N.W. by
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rail from the town of Bologna . Pop . (1901) 3163 (town), 13,484 (commune) . The churches contain some pictures by later Bolognese artists . Just outside the town is a massive fort erected by Urban VIII. in 1628, on the frontier of the province of Bologna, now used as a prison . Castelfranco either occupies or lies near the site of the ancient Forum Gallorum, a place on the Via Aemilia between Mutina and Bononia, where in 43 B.C . Octavian and Hirtius defeated Mark Antony .

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