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FANO (anc. Fanum Fortunae, q.v.)

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 170 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FANO (anc. Fanum Fortunae, q.v.)  , a See also:town and episcopal see of the See also:Marches, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Pesaro and See also:Urbino, 8 m . S.E. of the former by See also:rail, and 46 ft. above See also:sea-level, on the N.E. See also:coast of Italy . Pop . (1901), town 10,535, See also:commune 24,730 . The See also:cathedral has a 13th See also:century portal, but the interior is unimportant . The See also:vestibule of S . See also:Francesco contains the tombs of some members of the Malatesta See also:family . S . Croce and S . Maria Nuova contain See also:works by Giovanni Santi, the See also:father of See also:Raphael; the latter has also two works by See also:Perugino, the See also:predella of one of which is attributed to Raphael . S . See also:Agostino contains a See also:painting of S .

Angelo Custode (" the See also:

Guardian See also:Angel "), which is the subject of a poem by See also:Robert See also:Browning . The See also:fine See also:Gothic Palaz,.' della Ragione (1299) has been converted into a See also:theatre . The See also:palace of the Malatesta, with fine porticos and Gothic windows, was much damaged by an See also:earthquake in 1874 . S . Michele, built against the See also:arch of See also:Augustus, is an See also:early See also:Renaissance See also:building (1475-1490), probably by Matteo Nuzio of See also:Fano, with an ornate portal . The See also:facade has an interesting See also:relief showing the See also:colonnade added by See also:Constantine as an upper See also:storey to the arch of Augustus and removed in 1463 . Fano in the See also:middle ages passed through various See also:political vicissitudes, and in the 14th century became subject to the Malatesta . In 1458 See also:Pius II. added it to the states of the See also:Church . See also:Julius II. established here in 1514 the first See also:printing See also:press with movable Arabic type . The See also:harbour was restored by See also:Paul V. but is now unimportant .

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