a city of Italy, in Tuscany, seated in the territory of Florence, on the declivity of a hill that overlooks the neighbouring plain, between the Citta di Castelli and Florence. It is an ancient city, and a bishop's see; and was famous for a kind of earthen ware much esteemed by the Romans. It was greatly fallen to decay when Cosmo de Medicis took it under his protection, since which it has been recovering gradually. It is famed for being the birth-place of Mezzenas. E. Long. 12. 2. N. Lat. 43. 27.