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FERMO (anc. 1%irmum Picenum)

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 278 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FERMO (anc. 1%irmum See also:Picenum)  , a See also:town and archiepiscopal see of the See also:Marches, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Ascoli Piceno, on a See also:hill with a See also:fine view, 1046 ft. above See also:sea-level, on a See also:branch from See also:Porto S . Giorgio on the Adriatic See also:coast railway . Pop . (1901) town, 16,577, See also:commune 20,542 . The See also:summit of the hill was occupied by the citadel until 1446 . It is crowned by the See also:cathedral, reconstructed in 1227 by Giorgio da See also:Como; the fine See also:facade and campanile of this See also:period still remain, and the See also:side In 1199 it became a See also:free See also:city, and remained See also:independent until 1550, when it became subject to the papacy . (T .

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