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

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