See also:FIESOLE (anc. See also:Faesulae, q.v.)
, a See also:town and episcopal see of See also:Tuscany, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Florence, from which it is 3 M
.
N.E. by electric See also:tramway
.
Pop
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(1901) town 4951, See also:commune 16,816
.
It is situated on a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill 970 ft. above See also:sea-level, and commands a See also:fine view
.
The See also:cathedral of S
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Romolo is an See also:early and See also:simple example of the Tuscan Romanesque See also:style; it is a small See also:basilica, begun in 1028 and restored in 1256
.
The picturesque battlemented campanile belongs to 1213
.
Thetomb of the See also:bishop Leonardo Sali See also:tati (d
.
1466). with a beautiful portrait bust by the sculptor Mino da See also:Fiesole (1431-1484), is fine
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The 13th-See also:century Palazzo Pretorio contains a small museum of antiquities
.
The Franciscan monastery commands a fine view
.
The 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 of S
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Maria Primerana has some See also:works of See also:art, and S
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Alessandro, which is attributed to the 6th century, contains fifteen See also:ancient columns of cipollino
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The inhabitants of Fiesole are largely engaged in See also:straw-plaiting
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Below Fiesole, between it and Florence, lies See also:San Domenico di Fiesole (485 ft.); in the Dominican monastery the painter, Fra Giovanni See also:Angelico da Fiesole (1387–1455), lived until he went to S
.
Marco at Florence
.
Here, too, is the Badia di Fiesole, founded in 1028 and re-erected about 1456–1466 by a follower of See also:Brunelleschi
.
It is an irregular See also:pile of buildings, in fine and simple early See also:Renaissance style; a small See also:part of the See also:original See also:facade of Ioz8 in See also:black and 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 See also:marble is preserved
.
The interior of the Church is decorated with sculptures by pupils of Desiderio da Settignano
.
The slopes of the hill on which Fiesole stands are covered with fine villas
.
To the S.E. of Fiesole lies See also:Monte Ceceri (1453 ft.), with quarries of See also:grey pietra set-ma, largely used in Florence for See also:building
.
To the E. of this lies the 14th-century See also:castle of Vincigliata restored and fitted up in the See also:medieval style
.
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