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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 102 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PORDENONE , a See also:

TOWN

town of the See also:

province • of See also:

UDINE

Udine, See also:

VENETIA

Venetia, See also:

Italy, 30 M. W. by S. of Udine on the railway to Treviso. Pop. (1901), 8425 (town); 12,409 (See also:

commune). It was the birthplace of the painter generally known as I1 Pordenone (q.v.). Paintings from his See also:

brush adorn the See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral (which has a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick campanile), and others are preserved in the See also:

GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery of the town See also:

hall. See also:

Cotton See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries are active, and See also:

SILK

silk and pottery are manufactured.

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