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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 762 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CERTALDO , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Tuscany, See also:

Italy, in the See also:

province of See also:

Florence, 35 M. S.S.W. by See also:

RAIL

rail and 18 m. See also:

DIRECT

direct from the town of Florence. Pop. (1901) town, 4552; See also:

commune, 9120. It was the See also:

home of the See also:

FAMILY

family of Giovanni See also:

BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI (1313-1375)

Boccaccio, who died and was buried here in 1375. His See also:

house (of red See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick, like the other old houses of the town) was restored in 1823 and fitted up with old See also:

FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture. A statue of him was erected in the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal square in 1875. The Palazzo Pretorio, or Vicariale, the See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the Florentine See also:

GOVERNORS

governors, recently restored to its See also:

ORIGINAL

original See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition, has a picturesque See also:

FACADE

facade and See also:

court adorned with coats of arms, and in the interior are various frescoes dating from the 13th to the 16th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. The town as a whole is picturesque, and lies on a See also:

hill 426 ft. above See also:

sea-level. See R. Pantini, S. Gimignano e Certaldo (See also:

Bergamo, 1904), p.101 seq.

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