Fiesole
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Giovanni da Angelico, Fra.
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a town in central Italy, near Florence: Etruscan and ancient Roman ruins; cathedral.
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Example Sentences
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Amid the coronavirus emergency, they were even fleeing Florence for Fiesole.
From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2020
The 1980s greeted the Bellini, a Titian and a Hendrick Goltzius masterpiece, with exceptional works added in the 1990s by Gerrit van Honthorst, the unidentified Master of the Fiesole Epiphany and the outstanding Sweerts.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2020
Among his closest friends was an extroverted antiques-mad Milanese doctor, Gianni Garani, whose rustic villa in Fiesole, five miles from Florence, was one of Mongiardino’s earliest commissions, begun in the early 1950s.
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2016
Home favorite Vincenzo Nibali, who launched the decisive attack in the Fiesole climb despite crashing earlier in the 272.3-km race, had to settle for fourth.
From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2013
According to the legend, he utterly destroyed all Florence, with the exception of the Church of San Giovanni, and rebuilt Fiesole to oppose Rome and prevent Florence from being restored.
From The Story of Florence by Gardner, Edmund G.
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