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Pistoia

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Pis·to·ia  (p-stoi, p-styä)
A city of north-central Italy northwest of Florence. Settled by Romans in the 6th century b.c., it was an important banking center in the 13th century a.d. and came under the influence of Florence in the 14th century. Population: 86,500.

Pistoia (Italian) [pisˈtoːja]
n
(Placename) a city in N Italy, in N Tuscany: scene of the defeat and death of Catiline in 62 bc Pop.: 89 972 (1990)


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And if this be rightly considered, he will be seen to have been much more merciful than the Florentine people, who, to avoid a reputation for cruelty, permitted Pistoia to be destroyed.
 
 
 
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