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MONTE SAN SAVINO

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 774 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MONTE See also:SAN SAVINO , a See also:town of See also:Tuscany, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Arezzo, from which it is 12 m. S.W. by road, 1083 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (19ot), 4810 (town); 84g8 (See also:commune). It was the birthplace of the sculptor and architect See also:Andrea Contucci, generally known as See also:Sansovino (146o-1529), and there are various See also:works in the town by him, a loggia opposite the Palazzo Municipale (itself by See also:Antonio da See also:Sangallo the See also:elder and one of his best works), the monastery courts of S. See also:Agostino and S. Giovanni Battista, and some sculptures.

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