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See also:TIVOLI (anc. See also:Tibur, q.v.)
, a See also:town and episcopal see of the See also:province of See also:Rome, See also:Italy, 18 m
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E.N.E. of Rome by road and tram-way, 241 M. by See also:rail, 76o ft. above See also:sea-level
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Pop
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(1901), 11,610 (town), 12,881 (See also:commune)
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See also:Tivoli lies on the See also:west of the See also:Sabine Mountains, where the See also:river Anio issues from them, upon a See also:lime-See also: The See also:register of the see of Tivoli has documents dating from the loth See also:century See also:relating to the landed See also:property of the see (L . Bruzza, Regesto della chiesa di Tivoli, Rome, 1883), and the municipal archives date from 1450 . The See also:castle was erected in 1460 by See also:Pius II. on the site of the See also:amphitheatre; it is now a See also:prison . In See also:November 1826 a See also:flood of the Anio led to a See also:change in its course, and threatened to carry away the town . A new channel, consisting of two parallel tunnels (the Traforo Gregoriano) 290 and 330 yds. See also:long, was therefore made to the See also:north-See also:east in 1826–1835 by Folchi, and on emerging from these the river has a fall of 354 ft . Farther north-west are smaller falls (the cascatelle) of that portion of the river which is carried through the town and serves for See also:industrial purposes . Five See also:miles west are the See also:sulphur See also:baths of Acque Albule, which were known to the ancients, and are now frequented by over 40,000 persons annually . The temperature of the See also:water is 75.2° F . The falls in the river afford electric See also:power for See also:lighting Rome and See also:driving its trams, as well as for driving several factories in Tivoli itself . Tivoli is also the centre of an agricultural See also:district, and its See also:olive trees are especially See also:fine . |
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