Fiesole
Americannoun
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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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At the amphitheater in Fiesole — basically an Etruscan Hollywood Bowl and nearly just as grand — we performed Christopher Tin’s “Sogno di Volare,” whose lyrics come from Leonardo da Vinci’s writings on flight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
Amid the coronavirus emergency, they were even fleeing Florence for Fiesole.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 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
Northwestwards of the Badia of Fiesole runs the road from Florence to Bologna, past the village of Trespiano, some three or four miles from the Porta San Gallo.
From The Story of Florence by Edmund G. Gardner
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