Fa⋅en⋅za
[fah-en-zuh; It. fah-en-tsah] 
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| a city in N Italy, SE of Bologna. 55,612. |
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| Fa·en·za (fä-ěn'zə) A city of north-central Italy southwest of Ravenna. It is noted for its richly colored pottery, produced here since the 12th century. Population: 55,500. |
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Faenza
city, Ravenna provincia, in the Emilia-Romagna regione of northern Italy, on the Lamone River, southeast of Bologna. In the 2nd century BC it was a Roman town (Faventia) on the Via Aemilia, but excavations show Faenza to have had a much earlier origin. It was later subject to many barbarian attacks, became an independent commune at the beginning of the 12th century, and withstood an eight-month siege by Frederick II in 1240-41. In 1313 Faenza was taken by the Francesco Manfredi family, which retained possession until the city was captured by Cesare Borgia in 1501. It then remained part of the Papal States, except for the brief domination of Napoleon (1797-1814), until it was annexed to the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1859, passing to the Italian kingdom in 1861.
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