[It. fye-zaw-le] 
| 1. | Gio⋅van⋅ni da [It. jaw-vahn-nee dah] . Angelico, Fra. |
| 2. | a town in central Italy, near Florence: Etruscan and ancient Roman ruins; cathedral. 14,138. |
| Fie·so·le (fyě'zō-lā, -lě) A town of central Italy. It is primarily a tourist center, with villas and gardens on a hill overlooking the Arno River and the city of Florence. Population: 14,100. |
| Fiesole, Giovanni Angelica da See Fra Angelico. |
Fiesole
town and episcopal see of Florence provincia, Tuscany regione, north-central Italy. It is situated on a hill overlooking the Arno and Mugnone valleys just northeast of Florence. A chief city of the Etruscan confederacy, it probably dates from the 9th-8th century BC, but its first record (as Faesulae) is in 283 BC, when it was conquered by the Romans. In 80 BC it was occupied by the forces of the dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla, and a splendid town sprang up, which was conquered by barbarians in AD 405. It later declined and was superseded by Florence
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