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CITTADELLA

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 398 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CITTADELLA  , a

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town of
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Venetia,
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Italy, in the
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province of
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Padua, 20 M . N.W. by
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rail from the town of Padua; r6o ft. above
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sea-level . Pop . (1901) town, 3616;
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commune, 9686 . The town was founded in 1220 by the Paduans to counterbalance the fortification of
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Castelfranco, 8 m. to the E., in 1218 by the Trevisans, and retains its well-preserved
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medieval walls, surrounded by a wet ditch . It was always a fortress of importance, and in
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modern times is a centre for the agricultural produce of the
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district, being the junction of the lines from Padua to
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Bassano and from
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Vicenza to Treviso .

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