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PITIGLIANO , a See also:town in See also:Italy, See also:province of See also:Grosseto. Pop. (1901), 4416. It is the See also:cathedral See also:city of the bishopric named after the neighbouring town of Sovana, and possesses a 16th-See also:century cathedral and a 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 11th-15th centuries, Pitiglia.no was originally a See also:fief of the countship of Sovana, which in 1293 came by See also:marriage into the See also:possession of the See also:Orsini. In 1410 Sovana was taken by the Siennese, but by the terms of a See also:peace concluded in 1417 the Orsini retained Pitigliano, See also:Gentile Orsini (assassinated 1434) assuming the See also:title of See also:count of Pitigliano. The most famous of the See also:line of See also:counts was Niccolo III. (1442-1510), a celebrated See also:condottiere. Under his successors Pitigliano became the See also:scene of ceaseless See also:family feuds culminating in assassinations. In 1562 the See also:Medici of See also:Florence seized See also:part of their territories, and acquired the See also:rest by See also:exchange in 1580. The Orsini stronghold still stands in the town.
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