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Pius II. died in 1464. An interesting church is S. Maria della Piazza, with an elaborate arcaded facade (1210). The Palazzo del Comune, with its lofty arched sub-structures at the back, was the See also:

WORK

work of Margaritone d' Arezzo, but has been since twice restored. There are also several fine See also:

LATE

late Gothic buildings, among them the churches of S. See also:

Francesco and S. See also:

Agostino, the Palazzo Benincasa, and the Loggia dei Mercanti, all by Giorgio See also:

Orsini, usually called da See also:

SEBENICO (Serbo-Croatian, Sibenik)

Sebenico (who worked much at Sebenico, though he was not a native of it), and the prefecture, which has See also:

RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance additions. The portal of S. Maria della Misericordia is an ornate example of early Renaissance work.

The archaeological museum contains interesting pre-See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

OBJECTS

objects from tombs in the See also:

DISTRICT

district, and two Roman beds with fine decorations in See also:

ivory (E. Brizio, in Notizie-degli scavi, 1902, 437, 478). To the See also:

east of the town is the See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, now an See also:

OVAL (Lat. ovum, egg)

oval See also:

basin of 990 by 88o yards, the finest harbour on the S. W. coast of the Adriatic, and one of the best in Italy. It was originally protected only by the promontory on the N., from the See also:

ELBOW

elbow-like shape of which (Gk. iyKwv) the See also:

ancient town, founded by Syracusan refugees about 390 B.C., took the name which it still holds. Greek merchants established a See also:

PURPLE

purple factory here (Sil. Ital. viii. 438). Even in Roman times it kept its own coinage with the punning See also:

DEVICE

device of the See also:

bent See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm holding a See also:

palm See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch, and the See also:

head of See also:

APHRODITE

Aphrodite on the See also:

REVERSE

reverse, and continued the use of the Greek See also:

LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language. When it became a Roman See also:

COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony is doubtful.' It was occupied as a See also:

NAVAL

naval station in the Illyrian See also:

war of 178 B.c. (Liv. xli. I).

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