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See also:JESI (anc. Aesis)
, a See also:town and episcopal see of the See also:Marches, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Ancona, from which it is 17 M
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W. by S. by See also:rail, 318 ft. above See also:sea-level
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Pop
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(19ot), 23,285
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The See also:place took its See also:ancient name from the See also:river Aesis (mod
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Esino), upon the See also:left See also:bank of which it lies
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It still retains its picturesque See also:medieval town walls
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The Palazzo del Comune is a See also:fine, See also:simple, See also:early See also:Renaissance See also:building (1487–1503) by See also:Francesco di Giorgio See also:Martini; the walls are of See also:brick and the window and See also:door-frames of See also: (1194), and also of the musical composer, Giovanni Battista See also:Pergolesi (1710-1736) . The river Aesis formed the boundary of Italy proper from about 250 B.C. to the See also:time of See also:Sulla (c . 82 B.C.); and, in See also:Augustus' See also:division of Italy, that between See also:Umbria (the 6th region) and See also:Picenum (the 5th) . The town itself was a See also:colony, of little importance, except, apparently, as a recruiting ground for the See also:Roman See also:army . |
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