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- A city of north-central Italy northwest of Florence. Settled by Romans in the 6th century BC, it was an important banking center in the 13th century AD and came under the influence of Florence in the 14th century.
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- proper noun Province of
Tuscany ,Italy . - proper noun Capital of the province of Pistoia.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Afterward, however, he taught Greek at the lyceum in Pistoia.
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After this answer, which did not displease those Signori, his payment was doubled and he was persuaded to return to Venice, where he restored his first model and cast it in bronze; but even then he did not finish it entirely, for he caught a chill by overheating himself during the casting, and died in that city within a few days; leaving unfinished not only that work (although there was only a little polishing to be done), which was set up in the place for which it was destined, but also another which he was making in Pistoia, that is, the tomb of Cardinal
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 03 (of 10), Filarete and Simone to Mantegna Giorgio Vasari 1542
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Private nonprofits like the Pistoia Alliance and Sage Bionetworks are curating their own open-source repositories.
Why We Chose 'Open Science' Paul Allen 2011
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In addition to the confirmed deaths, another fungaiolo has been missing for more than a week in the Apennine mountains near Pistoia in Tuscany.
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Every Friday and Saturday at 4:30 p.m., a different studio in one of Tuscany ' s artistic centers — Florence, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato or Siena — is opened for a free tour.
Tuscany Joel Weickgenant 2010
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In 2003, commissioned by PBS and POV to document Italy's Slow Food movement, he trained his camera and his questions on the lives of people from the town of Pistoia, Italy.
Archive 2009-08-01 Bettina Tizzy 2009
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In 2003, commissioned by PBS and POV to document Italy's Slow Food movement, he trained his camera and his questions on the lives of people from the town of Pistoia, Italy.
Douglas Gayeton (aka Molotov Alva) shines in both lives, publishes sumptuous book Bettina Tizzy 2009
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We woke up today and drove to Lucca, with a two-hour stop in Pistoia.
Ciao, internets! 2008
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On our first day we drove to Pistoia, whose coat of arms is marked by these awesome caped bears.
for your perusal: 2008
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I wonder if it is only due to the climate, must be that they have colourful types of trees as well, there is a place here in Pistoia that has really colourful autumn trees as well!
Friday Night Photos: Autumn Leaves in New England Kalyn Denny 2008
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