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MONTEPULCIANO , a See also:town and episcopal see of the See also:province of See also:Siena, See also:Tuscany, See also:Italy, 44 M. S.E. of Siena by See also:rail. Pop. (1901) 6288 (town); 15,384 (See also:commune). The town, 6 m. W. ofthe station, crowns the See also:summit of a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill (1984 ft.), and is surrounded by See also:medieval walls. It s not traceable in See also:history before A.D. 715. It was under the See also:protection of Siena till 1202, when it declared for See also:Florence and thenceforward passed from one See also:mistress to the other, until See also:early in the 16th See also:century when it finally became Florentine. In 1561 it became an episcopal see. Most of the buildings belong to the See also:Renaissance; except the See also:castle, the 14th-century Palazzo Pubblico, and the portals of two or three churches, especially that of S. Maria (13th century). There are a number of See also:fine private houses, some built by See also:Antonio da See also:Sangallo the See also:elder (1455?–1534) and Baldassare See also:Peruzzi (1481–1536) and others by Vignola (1507-1573). The beautiful See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of the Madonna di S. Biagio—probably Sangallo's masterpiece—was built in 1518–1537. The See also:cathedral built by Bartolommeo See also:Ammanati (1570), modified by Ippolito Scalza, and completed in 1680 (with the exception of the See also:facade, which is still unfinished) contains a large See also:altar-piece by Taddeo di Bartolo of Siena, and the fragments of an imposing See also:monument erected in 1427–1436 by the Florentine architect Michelozzo in See also:honour of Bartolommeo Aragazzi, secretary of See also:Pope See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin V., which was taken down in the 18th century. The facade of S. See also:Agostino is probably also Michelozzo's See also:work Montepulciano is famous for its See also:wine, and was the birthplace of the See also:scholar and poet Angelo Anbrogini (1454–1494), generally known as Poliziano (See also:Politian) and of See also:Cardinal See also:Bellarmine
(1542–1621).
See F. Bargagli-See also:Petrucci, Montepulciano, See also:Chiusi, &c. (See also:Bergamo, 1907).
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