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COLLE DI VAL

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 686 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COLLE DI VAL D' ELSA, a See also:

town and episcopal see of See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Siena, 5 M. by See also:rail S. of Poggibonsi, which is 16 m. N.W. of Siena. Pop. (1901) town 1987; See also:commune 9879. The old (upper) town (732 ft. above See also:sea-level), contains the See also:cathedral, dating from the 13th See also:century, with a See also:pulpit partly of this See also:period; the See also:facade has been modernized. There are also some old palaces of See also:good See also:architecture, and the old See also:house where Arnolfo di Cambio, the first architect of the cathedral at See also:Florence (1232–1301) was See also:born. The See also:lower town (46o ft.) contains See also:glass-See also:works; the See also:paper and See also:iron See also:industries (the former as old as 1377) are less important.

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