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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Alexa Pulitzer and Seth Levine married June 3, 2004 before 110 guests at a castle in Fiesole, just outside Florence, Italy.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 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
The laundry had an excellent view — the Duomo rises up on one side, the hills of Fiesole on the other.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 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
Florence, thus founded by Cæsar, was populated by the noblest citizens of Rome, who received into their number those of the inhabitants of fallen Fiesole who wished to live there.
From The Story of Florence by Edmund G. Gardner
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