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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 282 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PESCIA  , a

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town of
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Tuscany,
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Italy, in the
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province of
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Lucca, from which it is 15 M . E.N.E. by
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rail, 203 ft. above
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sea-level . Pop . (1901), 12,400 (town); 18,000 (
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commune) . The
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cathedral, restored in 1693, contains the
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fine
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chapel of the Turini
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family, built for Baldassare Turini (d . 1540) by Giuliano di
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Baccio of
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Florence, with his
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tomb by Raffaello da Montelupo . The town also has some buildings by Lazzaro Buggiano, the
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pupil and adoptive son of
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Brunelleschi . It has
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silk and
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paper manufactures .

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