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See also:FOLIGNO (anc. See also:Fulginiae, q.v.) , a See also:town and episcopal see of See also:Umbria, See also:Italy, 771 ft. above sda-level, in the See also:province of See also:Perugia, from which it is 25 M . S.E. by See also:rail . Pop . (19o1) 9532 (town), 26,278 (See also:commune) . It lies in a fertile See also:plain, on the Topino, a tributary of the See also:Tiber; it is almost square in shape and is surrounded by walls . It is a picturesque and interesting town; several of its churches contain paintings by Umbrian masters, notably See also:works by Niccolo di Liberatore (or Niccole Alunno, 1430-1502), and among them his See also:chief See also:work, a large See also:altar-piece (the See also:predella of which is in the Louvre) in S . Niccolo . The See also:cathedral has a romanesque S. See also:facade of 1133, restored in 1903; the interior was modernized in the 18th See also:century . To the See also:left of the See also:choir is an octagonal See also:chapel by See also:Antonio da See also:Sangallo the younger (1527) . In the same piazza as the S. facade is the Palazzo del Goberno, erected in 1350, which has a chapel with frescoes by Ottaviano Nelli of See also:Gubbio (1424) . S . Maria infra See also:Portas is said to date from the 7th century, but from this See also:period only the columns of the See also:portico remain .
See also:Raphael's " Madonna di See also:Foligno," now in the Vatican, was originally painted for the See also: The church has been modernized . |
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