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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 596 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CELANO  , a

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town of the, Abruzzi,
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Italy, in the
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province of
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Aquila, 73 M . E. of
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Rome by
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rail . Pop . (1901) 9725 . It is finely situated on a
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hill above the Lago
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Fucino, and is dominated by a square
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castle, with
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round towers at the angles, erected in its
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present
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form in 1450 . It contains three churches with 13th
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century facades in the
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style of those of Aquila . The origin of the town goes back to Lombard times . A
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count of Celano is first mentioned in 1178 . It was the birthplace of
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Thomas of Celano, the author of the
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Dies Irae .

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