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MIRANDOLA

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 574 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MIRANDOLA , a See also:

town of See also:Emilia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Modena, ,91 m. N. by E. of it by See also:rail, 59 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (1901), 15,162 The Palazzo del See also:Commune is a 15th-See also:century edifice of See also:Gothic See also:style. The See also:castle of the See also:Pico See also:family, who held the town from the ,4th century to 1710, when the last member was deprived of his dominions by See also:Joseph I. of See also:Austria, is almost entirely destroyed. The height of the fortunes of this family was from about 1450 to 1550, Giovanni (b. 1463, d. 1494) being its ablest and most learned member (see Pico). The See also:cathedral, dating from the end of the 16th century, has been restored S. See also:Francesco is a See also:fine Gothic See also:church.

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