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See also:CESENA (anc. Caesena) , a See also:town and episcopal see of See also:Emilia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of Forli, 12 M . S.E. by See also:rail from the town of Forli, on the See also:line between See also:Bologna and See also:Rimini, 144 ft. above See also:sea-level . Pop . (1905) 12,245 (town); 43,468 (See also:commune) . The town is picturesquely situated at the See also:foot of the slopes of the See also:Apennines, and is crowned by a See also:medieval fortress (Rocca), begun by the See also:emperor See also:Frederick I . (See also:Barbarossa) probably, but altered and added to later . The See also:cathedral has two See also:fine See also:marble altars by the Lombardi of See also:Venice (or their school) . The library, built for Domenico Malatesta in 1452 by Matteo Nuzio, is a fine See also:early See also:Renaissance See also:building, and its See also:internal arrangements, with the See also:original desks to which the books are still chained, are especially well preserved (see J . W . See also:Clark, The Care of Books, See also:Cambridge, 1901,p.199) . In it are valuable See also:MSS., many of which were used by Aldus See also:Manutius . It also contains a picture See also:gallery with a See also:good " Presentation in the See also:Temple " by See also:Francesco See also:Francia .
There are some fine palaces in the town
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Three-quarters of a mile See also:south-See also:east on the See also: (T . |
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