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Fiesole

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Fiesole

Resort town in Tuscany, Italy, 6 km/4 mi northeast of Florence; population (1990) 15,300. It has many Etruscan and Roman relics. The Romanesque cathedral was built in 1028.

Fiesole was an important city under the Etruscans and the Romans; from 63 to 62 BC it was the headquarters of the Roman politician and conspirator Catiline. In the Middle Ages the city was eclipsed by the rise of Florence. It has immense walls and a well-preserved Roman theatre; other antiquities include Roman baths, and Etruscan and Roman tombs and sculptures.



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I think the hillsides that best love the rose, At Bellosguardo or at Fiesole, Throw no such blossoms on the lap of spring, Or if they do their blossoms droop and die.
A Florentine Tragedy by Wilde, Oscar View in context
The first fine afternoon drive up to Fiesole, and round by Settignano, or something of that sort.
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