CHIUSI (anc. Clusium)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V06,
Page 253
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:CHIUSI (anc. See also:Clusium)
, a See also:town of See also:Tuscany, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Siena, 55 M
.
S.E. by See also:rail from the town of Siena, and 26 m
.
N.N.W. of See also:Orvieto
.
Pop
.
(1901) 6o1 I
.
It is situated
on a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill 1305 ft. above See also:sea-level, and is surrounded by See also:medieval walls, in which, in places, fragments of the See also:Etruscan See also:wall are incorporated
.
The See also:cathedral of S
.
Mustiola is a See also:basilica with a See also:nave and two aisles, with eighteen columns of different kinds of See also:marble, from See also:ancient buildings
.
It has been restored and decorated with frescoes in See also:modern times
.
The campanile belongs to the 13th See also:century
.
The See also:place was devastated by See also:malaria in the See also:middle ages, and did not recever until the See also:Chiana.valley was drained in the 18th century
.
For the catacombs see CLUSIunz
.
End of Article: CHIUSI (anc. Clusium)
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