FOLIGNO (anc. Fulginiae, q.v.)

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FOLIGNO (anc. Fulginiae, q.v.) , a town and episcopal see of Umbria, Italy, 771 ft. above sda-level, in the province of Perugia, from which it is 25 M. S.E. by rail. Pop. (19o1) 9532 (town), 26,278 (commune). It lies in a fertile plain, on the Topino, a tributary of the Tiber; it is almost square in shape and is surrounded by walls. It is a picturesque and interesting town; several of its churches contain paintings by Umbrian masters, notably works by Niccolo di Liberatore (or Niccole Alunno, 1430-1502), and among them his

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

work

WORK

, a large altar-piece (the predella of which is in the Louvre) in S. Niccolo. The

cathedral

CATHEDRAL

has a romanesque S. facade of 1133, restored in 1903; the interior was modernized in the 18th century. To the left of the choir is an octagonal chapel by Antonio da Sangallo the younger (1527). In the same piazza as the S. facade is the Palazzo del Goberno, erected in 1350, which has a chapel with frescoes by Ottaviano Nelli of Gubbio (1424). S. Maria infra

Portas

PORTAS, or PORTUARY

is said to date from the 7th century, but from this period only the columns of the portico remain. Raphael's " Madonna di Foligno," now in the Vatican, was originally painted for the

church

of S. Anna. The Palazzo Orfini and the Palazzo Deli are two good Renaissance buildings.
Foligno seems to have been founded about the middle of the 8th century A.D. It changed hands often during the wars of the 13th century, and was'destroyed by Perugia in 1281. From 1305 to 1439 it was governed by the family of the Trinci as deputies of the Holy See, until in the latter year one of its members went against the

church

Pope

Eugene

EUGENE

IV. sent a force against Foligno, to which the inhabitants opened their gates, and the last of the Trinci, Corrado II., was beheaded. Henceforth Foligno belonged to the states of the church until 186o. It suffered from a severe

earthquake

EARTHQUAKE

in 1832. Foligno is a station on the main line from Rome (via Orte) to Ancona, and is the junction for Perugia. Three miles to the E. is the abbey of Sassovivo with cloisters of 1229, very like those of S.

Paolo

PAOLO (GIROLAMO GASPARE)5 (1532-1600)

fuori le Mura at Rome, with pairs of small columns supporting

arches

ARCHES, COURT OF

, and decorations in coloured mosaic (" Cosmatesque"

work

WORK

). The church has been modernized.

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