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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Vallombrosians
Britannica 11thVALLOMBROSIANS, an order of monks under the Benedictine rule, founded by St John Gualbert in 1038. He was son of a Florentine nobleman, and became first a Benedictine and then a Camaldulian. Finally, about 1030, he withdrew to Vallombrosa, a shady dale on the ...
Vol. 27, pp. 864-864
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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
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