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CIVITA CASTELLANA (anc. Falerii, q.v.)

This article appears in Volume V06, Page 416 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CHR-CLI
CIVITA CASTELLANA (anc. Falerii, q.v.) , a town and episcopal see of the province of Rome, 45 M. by rail from the city of Rome (the station is 5 M. N.E. of the town). Population (1901) 5265. The
cathedral
  of S. Maria possesses a fine portico, erected in 1210 by Laurentius Romanus, his son Jacobus and his grandson
Cosmas
 , in the cosmatesque style, with ancient columns and mosaic decorations: the interior was modernized in the 18th century, but has some fragments of cosmatesque ornamentation. The citadel was erected by
Pope
  Alexander VI. from the designs of Antonio da Sangallo the elder, and enlarged by
Julius
  II. and Leo X. The lofty
bridge
  by which the town is approached belongs to the 18th century.
Mount
  Soracte lies about 6 m. to the
south
 -
east
 .


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