EMPOLI
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V09,
Page 361
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
EMPOLI
, a See also:town of See also:Tuscany, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Florence, from which it is 20 M
.
W. by S. by See also:rail
.
Pop
.
(1901) .7005 (town); 20,301 (See also:commune)
.
It is situated 89 ft. above See also:sea-level, to the S. of the See also:Arno
.
The See also:principal See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, the Collegiata, or Pieve di S
.
See also:Andrea, founded in 1093, still preserves the See also:lower See also:part of the See also:original arcaded See also:facade in See also:black, See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white and coloured See also:marble
.
The See also:works of See also:art which it once contained are most of them preserved in a See also:gallery See also:close by
.
Some of the other churches contain interesting works of art
.
The principal square is surrounded by old houses with arcades
.
The painter Jacopo Chimenti (Jacopo da Empoli), 1554-1640, was See also:born here
.
Empoli is on the See also:main railway See also:line from Florence to See also:Pisa, and is the point of divergence of a line to See also:Siena
.
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