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FANO (anc. Fanum Fortunae, q.v.)

This article appears in Volume V10, Page 170 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: EUD-FAT
FANO (anc. Fanum Fortunae, q.v.) , a town and episcopal see of the Marches, Italy, in the province of
Pesaro
  and Urbino, 8 m. S.E. of the former by rail, and 46 ft. above sea-level, on the N.E.
coast
  of Italy. Pop. (1901), town 10,535, commune 24,730. The
cathedral
  has a 13th century portal, but the interior is unimportant. The
vestibule
  of S. Francesco contains the tombs of some members of the Malatesta family. S. Croce and
S. Maria Nuova contain works by Giovanni Santi, the father of Raphael; the latter has also two works by Perugino, the predella of one of which is attributed to Raphael. S. Agostino contains a painting of S. Angelo Custode (" the Guardian
Angel
  "), which is the subject of a poem by Robert Browning. The fine
Gothic
  Palaz,.' della Ragione (1299) has been converted into a theatre.
The palace of the Malatesta, with fine porticos and
Gothic
  windows, was much damaged by an
earthquake
  in 1874. S. Michele, built against the arch of
Augustus
 , is an early Renaissance building (1475-1490), probably by Matteo Nuzio of Fano, with an ornate portal. The facade has an interesting relief showing the colonnade added by Constantine as an upper storey to the arch of
Augustus
  and removed in 1463.
Fano in the middle ages passed through various political vicissitudes, and in the 14th century became subject to the Malatesta. In 1458 Pius II. added it to the states of the Church. Julius II. established here in 1514 the first printing
press
  with movable Arabic type. The harbour was restored by Paul V. but is now unimportant.


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