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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 813 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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town and episcopal see of See also:Emilia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of Forli, 8 m. S.E. See also:direct of Forli and 51 m. N. of the station of See also:Forlimpopoli, and 800 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (19o1) town, 3753; See also:commune, 7786. The town commands a See also:fine view to the See also:north over the See also:plain of Emilia and the See also:lower course of the Po, itself lying on the foothills of the See also:Apennines. It appears to have been first fortified by See also:Frederick See also:Barbarossa, and its See also:castle stood frequent sieges in the See also:middle ages. See also:Polenta, 22 M. to the See also:south of it, was the birthplace of Francesca da See also:Rimini. The castle is almost entirely ruined, but the See also:church of S. Donato, of the Lombard See also:period, with See also:Byzantine capitals, is interesting; Giosue See also:Carducci has written a fine See also:ode on the subject (La Chiesa di Polenta, See also:Bologna, 1897). See C. See also:Ricci, " Della Chiesa e See also:castello di Polenta " in Atli e Memorie Vella Deputazione di Storia patria per le prooniae di Romagna, See also:ser. iii. vol. ix.

(Bologna, 1891), I seq. (T.

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