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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 58 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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POMPOSA , an See also:

abbey of See also:Emilia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Ferrara, 2 M. from Codigoro, which is 30 M. E. of Ferrara in the See also:delta of the Po. The See also:fine See also:church, a See also:work of the loth (?) See also:century, with interesting sculptures on the See also:facade and a splendid Romanesque campanile, contains a See also:good See also:mosaic See also:pavement, and interesting frescoes of the 14th century—a " Last See also:Judgment " of the school of See also:Giotto and others; and there are also paintings in the See also:refectory. It was abandoned in 1550 on See also:account of See also:malaria.. See G. Agnelli, Ferrara e Pomposa (See also:Bergamo, 1902). (T.

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