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Fiesole
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Fie·so·le  (fyz-l, -l)
A town of central Italy. It is primarily a tourist center, with villas and gardens on a hill overlooking the Arno River and the city of Florence. Population: 14,100.

Fiesole, Giovanni Angelica da
See Fra Angelico.

Fiesole (Italian) [ˈfiɛːzole]
n
(Placename) a town in central Italy, in Tuscany near Florence: Etruscan and Roman remains. Pop.: 4 000 (latest est.) Ancient name Faesulae [ˈfiːsʊliː]

Fiesole2
n
(Biographies) Giovanni da dʒoˈvanni da the monastic name of (Fra) Angelico


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Fiesole, Italy, that explored the relationship between Catholicism and interpretive canons of history and specifically focused on the emergence of the concept of "decadence" during the age of the counter-reformation and the link between Catholicism and "anti-modernity" as expressed in literature, historiography, and political and philosophical thought in North America and Europe.
Jaap Dronkers European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy & Werner Hemsing Globalpark, Hurth, Germany Address all correspondence to: Jaap Dronkers, Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute, Via dei Roccettini 9 1-50016, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy.
He studied organ and piano at the Conservatory of Perugia in Italy and at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and studied harpsichord at the School of Music in Fiesole, Italy.
 
 
 
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