TOSCANELLA (anc. Tuscana, q.v.)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V27,
Page 79
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
TOSCANELLA (anc. Tuscana, q.v.)
, a town of the province of Rome, Italy, 15 M
.
N.E. of Corneto by road, 545 ft. above sea-level
.
Pop
.
(1901), 4839
.
The medieval walls with their towers are still preserved
.
On the ancient citadel See also: - HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
is the Romanesque See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
of S
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Pietro, belonging to four different periods—739, 1093 (the date of the reconstruction of the crypt), the middle of the 12th and the end of the 12th century
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It has the shape of a Roman basilica, with a nave and two aisles and one apse
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The elaborate facade with its rose window also belongs to the 12th century
.
S
.
Maria in the valley below dates from 1050 to 1206, and has a similar facade and a massive square campanile
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In the town are two other Romanesque churches
.
See G
.
T
.
Rivoira, Origini dell architettura Lombarda 1
.
146 (Rome 1901)
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End of Article: TOSCANELLA (anc. Tuscana, q.v.)
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