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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 963 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SABBIONETA  , a

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town of
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Lombardy,
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Italy, in the
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province of
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Mantua, from which it is 20 m . S.W. by
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steam
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tramway, not far from the N.
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bank of the Po, 59 ft. above
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sea-level . Pop . (1901) 1835 (town); 7016 (
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commune) . Its
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period of prosperity was under Vespasiano
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Gonzaga (d . 1591), who was its
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duke; by him it was transformed into a small " Residenzstadt." It was well fortified and built, and from this period date the ducal
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palace (now the Municipio), the
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theatre designed by Scomozzi, &c . The
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church and the summer palace contain frescoes by the
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Campi of
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Cremona . Here in 1567 a
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Hebrew
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printing-
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press was set up .

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