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TAGLIACOZZO

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 356 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TAGLIACOZZO  , a

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town of the Abruzzi, Italy, in the province of Aquila, 56 m. by
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rail E.N.E. of Rome, and to m . W. of
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Avezzano . Pop . (1901) 4517 (town); 9061 (commune) . It lies 2428 ft. above sea-level, at the mouth of the deep
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ravine of the Imele . It contains several old churches, notably S . Francesco, with a
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fine rose window in the
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facade, and
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medieval houses . The palace, built at the end of the 14th century by the Orsini, is fine . The place was given to the Colonna
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family in 1526 . At the end of 1268 a
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battle took place here between Conradin of
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Hohenstaufen and Charles of
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Anjou, which resulted in the defeat of Conradin and his execution .

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