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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Vallombrosa
Britannica 11thVALLOMBROSA, a summer resort of Tuscany, Italy, in the province of Florence, reached by a cable railway 5 m. long from the station of S. Ellero (which is 16 m. S.E. of Florence) and 328 ft. above sea-level, on the N.W. slope of the Prato Magno chain. The forme ...
Vol. 27, pp. 864-864
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Vallombrosians
Britannica 11th... first a Benedictine and then a Camaldulian. Finally, about 1030, he withdrew to Vallombrosa, a shady dale on the side of a mountain in the Apennines, 10 m. from Florence, and for some years led a completely solitary ^life. Disciples, however, gathered around h ...
Vol. 27, pp. 864-864
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