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Vercelli
[ ver-chel-ee, ver-; Italian ver-chel-lee ]
noun
- a city in NW Italy, W of Milan.
Vercelli
/ verˈtʃɛlli /
noun
- a city in NW Italy, in Piedmont: an ancient Ligurian and later Roman city; has an outstanding library of manuscripts (notably the Codex Vercellensis, dating from the 10th century). Pop: 45 132 (2001)
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Radetzky was in doubt whether the Italians had fallen back on Novara or Vercelli.
Giovenone was a native of Vercelli, in which city several fine pictures by him are preserved.
If they wish to understand this painter they must seek him at Varallo, at Saronno, and at Vercelli.
When he reached Vercelli, he felt as if he were a thousand miles from Turin, and once more awoke to a sense of reality.
Here they tell me there are none nearer than Vercelli and Novarra, which is carrying me almost to Milan.
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