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FAENZA (anc. Faventia)

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 123 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FAENZA (anc. Faventia) , a See also:city and episcopal see of See also:Emilia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Ravenna, from which it is 31 m. S.W. by See also:rail, 110 ft. above See also:sea-level. It is 31 M. S.E. of See also:Bologna by rail, on the See also:line from Bologna to See also:Rimini, and it is the junction of a line to See also:Florence through the See also:Apennines. Pop. (1901) 21,809 (See also:town), 39,757 (See also:commune). The town is surrounded by walls which date from 1456. The See also:cathedral of S. See also:Costanzo stands in the spacious Piazza See also:Vittorio Emanuele in the centre of the town. It was begun in 1474 by Giuliano da Maiano; the See also:facade is, however, incomplete. In the interior is the beautiful See also:early See also:Renaissance See also:tomb of S.

Savinus with reliefs showing scenes from his See also:

life, of See also:fine and fresh See also:execution, by Benedetto da Maiano; and later tombs by P. Bariloto, a See also:local sculptor. Opposite the cathedral is a See also:fountain with See also:bronze ornamentation of 1583-1621. The See also:clock See also:tower alongside the cathedral belongs to the 17th See also:century. Beyond it is the Palazzo Comunale, formerly the See also:residence of the Manfredi, but entirely reconstructed. The other churches of the town have been mostly restored, but S. Michele (and the Palazzo Manfredi opposite it) ' are fine early Renaissance buildings in See also:brickwork. The municipal See also:art See also:gallery contains an See also:altar-piece by See also:Girolamo da Treviso (whoalso painted a See also:fresco in the Chiesa della Commenda), a wooden St Jeanne by See also:Donatello, and a bust of the See also:young St See also:John by See also:Antonio See also:Rossellino (?), and some fine specimens of See also:majolica, a variety of which, See also:faience, takes its name from the town. It was largely manufactured in the 15th and 16th centuries, and the See also:industry has been revived in See also:modern times with success. The See also:ancient Faventia, on the Via Aemilia, was obviously from its name founded by the See also:Romans and had the citizenship before the Social See also:War. It was the See also:scene of the defeat of C. Papirius See also:Carbo and C.

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Norbanus by Q. See also:Caecilius See also:Metellus See also:Pius in 82 B.C. In the See also:census of See also:Vespasian a woman of Faventia is said to have given her See also:age as 135. See also:Pliny speaks of the whiteness of its See also:linen, and the productiveness of its vines is mentioned. It is noticeable that some of the See also:fields in the territory of the ancient Faventia still preserve the exact See also:size of the ancient See also:Roman centuria of 200 iugeri (E. Bormann in Corp. Inscr. See also:Lat. xi., See also:Berlin, 1888, p. 121). When the exarchate was established, the town became See also:part of it, and in 748 it was taken by Liutprand. See also:Desiderius gave it to the See also:church with the duchy of See also:Ferrara. In the rrth century it began to increase in importance.

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wars of the 12th and 13th centuries it at first took the imperial See also:side, but in 1240 it stood a See also:long See also:siege from See also:Frederick 1I. and was only taken after eight months, After further struggles between Guelphs and Ghibellines, the Manfredi made themselves masters of the See also:place early in the 14th century, and remained in See also:power until 15or, when the town- was taken by See also:Caesar See also:Borgia and the last legitimate members of the See also:house of the Manfredi were drowned in the See also:Tiber; and, after falling for a few years into the hands of the Venetians, it became a part of the states of the church in 1509. (T.

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