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FOLIGNO (anc. Fulginiae, q.v.)

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FOLIGNO (anc. See also:Fulginiae, q.v.) , a See also:town and episcopal see of See also:Umbria, See also:Italy, 771 ft. above sda-level, in the See also:province of See also:Perugia, from which it is 25 M. S.E. by See also:rail. Pop. (19o1) 9532 (town), 26,278 (See also:commune). It lies in a fertile See also:plain, on the Topino, a tributary of the See also:Tiber; it is almost square in shape and is surrounded by walls. It is a picturesque and interesting town; several of its churches contain paintings by Umbrian masters, notably See also:works by Niccolo di Liberatore (or Niccole Alunno, 1430-1502), and among them his See also:chief See also:work, a large See also:altar-piece (the See also:predella of which is in the Louvre) in S. Niccolo. The See also:cathedral has a romanesque S. See also:facade of 1133, restored in 1903; the interior was modernized in the 18th See also:century. To the See also:left of the See also:choir is an octagonal See also:chapel by See also:Antonio da See also:Sangallo the younger (1527). In the same piazza as the S. facade is the Palazzo del Goberno, erected in 1350, which has a chapel with frescoes by Ottaviano Nelli of See also:Gubbio (1424). S.

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Portas is said to date from the 7th century, but from this See also:period only the columns of the See also:portico remain. See also:Raphael's " Madonna di Foligno," now in the Vatican, was originally painted for the See also:church of S. See also:Anna. The Palazzo Orfini and the Palazzo Deli are two See also:good See also:Renaissance buildings. Foligno seems to have been founded about the See also:middle of the 8th century A.D. It changed hands often during the See also:wars of the 13th century, and was'destroyed by Perugia in 1281. From 1305 to 1439 it was governed by the See also:family of the Trinci as deputies of the See also:Holy See, until in the latter See also:year one of its members went against the church. See also:Pope See also:Eugene IV. sent a force against Foligno, to which the inhabitants opened their See also:gates, and the last of the Trinci, Corrado II., was beheaded. Henceforth Foligno belonged to the states of the church until 186o. It suffered from a severe See also:earthquake in 1832. Foligno is a station on the See also:main See also:line from See also:Rome (via Orte) to See also:Ancona, and is the junction for Perugia. Three See also:miles to the E. is the See also:abbey of Sassovivo with cloisters of 1229, very like those of S.

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Paolo fuori le Mura at Rome, with pairs of small columns supporting See also:arches, and decorations in coloured See also:mosaic (" Cosmatesque" work). The church has been modernized.

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