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MONTE OLIVETO MAGGIORE

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 773 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MONTE OLIVETO
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MAGGIORE  , a monastery of
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Tuscany,
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Italy, 6 m . S. of
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Asciano . It was founded in 1320, and is mainly celebrated for the beautiful frescoes in the monastery
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court, which are by Luca
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Signorelli (1497–1498) and
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Antonio Bazzi, called
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Sodoma (1505), representing scenes from the
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legend of St
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Benedict . The
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church and library contain
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fine inlaid
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wood-
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work by Fra Giovanni da
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Verona .

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