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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 104 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PENNE , a See also:

town and episcopal see of See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Teramo, 26 m. S.E. of Teramo, and 16 m. inland from the Adriatic, 1437 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (Igor), 10,394. The See also:cathedral has been much altered; in its See also:treasury is some See also:fine 13th (?) See also:century silversmiths' See also:work; the See also:church of S. Giovanni has a fine See also:cross by Nicola di Guardiagrele, and that of S. Maria in Colleromano, outside the town, a Romanesque portal. Many of the houses have fine terra-See also:cotta friezes. It occupies the site of the See also:ancient Pinna, the See also:chief See also:city of the See also:Vestini, who entered into See also:alliance with See also:Rome in 3or B.C. and remained faithful to her through the Hannibalic See also:wars and even during the revolt of the See also:Italian See also:allies in go B.C. No remains of the See also:Roman See also:period exist, even the city walls being entirely See also:medieval. See G. Colasanti, Pinna (Rome, 1907) ; V.

Pindi, Monumenti degli Abruzzi (See also:

Naples, 1889, pp. 565 sqq.).

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