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CESENA (anc. Caesena)

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CESENA (anc. Caesena) , a See also:town and episcopal see of See also:Emilia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of Forli, 12 M. S.E. by See also:rail from the town of Forli, on the See also:line between See also:Bologna and See also:Rimini, 144 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (1905) 12,245 (town); 43,468 (See also:commune). The town is picturesquely situated at the See also:foot of the slopes of the See also:Apennines, and is crowned by a See also:medieval fortress (Rocca), begun by the See also:emperor See also:Frederick I. (See also:Barbarossa) probably, but altered and added to later. The See also:cathedral has two See also:fine See also:marble altars by the Lombardi of See also:Venice (or their school). The library, built for Domenico Malatesta in 1452 by Matteo Nuzio, is a fine See also:early See also:Renaissance See also:building, and its See also:internal arrangements, with the See also:original desks to which the books are still chained, are especially well preserved (see J. W. See also:Clark, The Care of Books, See also:Cambridge, 1901,p.199). In it are valuable See also:MSS., many of which were used by Aldus See also:Manutius.

It also contains a picture See also:

gallery with a See also:good " Presentation in the See also:Temple " by See also:Francesco See also:Francia. There are some fine palaces in the town. Three-quarters of a mile See also:south-See also:east on the See also:hill stands the handsome See also:church of S. Maria del See also:Monte, after the See also:style of See also:Bramante, with carved stalls of the 16th See also:century. See also:Wine, See also:hemp and See also:silk are the See also:main articles of See also:trade. About the See also:ancient Caesena little is said in classical authors: it is mentioned as a station on the Via Aemilia and as a fortress in the See also:wars of See also:Theodoric and See also:Narses. During the See also:middle ages it was at first See also:independent. In 1357 it was unsuccessfully defended by the wife of Francesco Ordelaffi, See also:lord of See also:Foil, against the papal troops under See also:Albornoz. In 1377 it was sacked by See also:Cardinal See also:Robert of See also:Geneva (afterwards See also:Clement VII., antipope). It was then held by the Malatesta of Rimini until 1465, when it came under the dominion of the church. Both See also:Pius VI. (1717) and Pius VII.

(1742) were See also:

born at Cesena. (T.

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