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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 588 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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town of See also:Tuscany, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Siena, the. See also:case of high piers, of open braced ironwork, as exemplified 9 m. See also:west of the town of See also:Montepulciano by road, 1611 ft. above by the old Crumlin viaduct in See also:Wales and the Pecos viaduct in See also:sea-level. Pop. (1901), 2730 (town); 3836 (See also:commune). The See also:Texas. These piers, besides being proportioned in See also:cross-See also:section See also:place was originally called Corsignano and owes its See also:present name to the See also:weight they have to support, are widened out at their See also:base, to See also:Aeneas Silvius See also:Piccolomini, See also:Pope See also:Pius II. (q.v.) who was See also:born so as to distribute the load over a sufficient See also:area for it to be See also:borne here in 14o5. The buildings which he caused to be erected by by the stratum on which it rests without See also:risk of See also:settlement. Bernardo Rossellilo in 1460-1463 See also:form a See also:noble See also:group of See also:early See also:Special provisions have to be made for the See also:foundations of piers See also:Renaissance See also:architecture See also:round the Piazza del Duomo. The where the ground is soft for some See also:depth, or loose See also:water-bearing latter retains See also:Gothic details in the interior, but the See also:facade is strata are encountered, and especially where the piers of large See also:simple Renaissance See also:work. The See also:ether three sides are occupied See also:bridges See also:crossing See also:rivers have to be constructed under water. by the episcopal and municipal palaces, and the Palazzo Picco- In soft ground, bearing piles driven down to a See also:firm stratum, and lomini; the last, resembling the Palazzo Rucellai at See also:Florence, surmounted by a planked See also:floor or a layer of See also:concrete, provide a is the finest, and in front of it is a beautiful See also:fountain.

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