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CIVITA CASTELLANA (anc. Falerii, q.v.)

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CIVITA CASTELLANA (anc. See also:

FALERII [mod. Civitd Castellana (q.v.)]

Falerii, q.v.) , a See also:

TOWN

town and episcopal see of the See also:

province of See also:

Rome, 45 M. by See also:

RAIL

rail from the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Rome (the station is 5 M. N.E. of the town). See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

Population (1901) 5265. The See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral of S. Maria possesses a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

PORTICO (Ital. for " porch," Lat. porticus)

portico, erected in 1210 by See also:

LAURENTIUS, PAUL (1554-1624)

Laurentius See also:

ROMANUS

Romanus, his son Jacobus and his See also:

GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson See also:

COSMAS

Cosmas, in the cosmatesque See also:

style, with See also:

ancient columns and See also:

MOSAIC (corresponding to Lat. opus musivum, from Gr. µovoeiov, an artificial grotto often decorated with mosaics; the word is only found in the sense of mosaic in late Greek, which generally uses k oXI yrlµa)

mosaic decorations: the interior was modernized in the 18th See also:

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

century, but has some fragments of cosmatesque ornamentation. The citadel was erected by See also:

Pope See also:

Alexander VI. from the designs of See also:

Antonio da See also:

SANGALLO

Sangallo the See also:

elder, and enlarged by See also:

JULIUS

Julius II. and See also:

Leo X. The lofty See also:

BRIDGE

bridge by which the town is approached belongs to the 18th century. See also:

MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

SORACTE

Soracte lies about 6 m. to the See also:

south-See also:

End of Article: CIVITA CASTELLANA (anc. Falerii, q.v.)

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