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PONTREMOLI

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 70 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PONTREMOLI , a See also:

town and See also:bishop's see of the See also:province of See also:Massa and See also:Carrara, See also:Tuscany, See also:Italy, in the upper valley of the Magra, 25 M. N. by E. of See also:Spezia by See also:rail and 49 M. S.S.W. of See also:Parma, 843 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (19o1), 4107 (town); 14,570 (See also:commune). It has a 17th-See also:century See also:cathedral. The See also:church of the Annunziata with its Augustinian monastery is interesting. There are also See also:mineral springs. The town, which is well situated among the mountains, was an See also:independent See also:republic in the 12th and 13th centuries, and in 1495 was sacked by the troops of See also:Charles VIII. of See also:France. It was much damaged by an See also:earthquake in 1834.

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