Faenza

[ fah-en-zuh; Italian fah-en-tsah ]

/ fɑˈɛn zə; Italian fɑˈɛn tsɑ /

a city in N Italy, SE of Bologna.

Example sentences from the Web for faenza

Cesare Borgia is lying at Faenza, and I could ride there in a day.

The Shame of Motley |Raphael Sabatini
On November 10 Cesare himself halted his host beneath the walls of Faenza and called upon the town to surrender.

The Life of Cesare Borgia |Raphael Sabatini
Some of these, with reasonable probability, are believed to have been executed at Faenza.

Pottery and Porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 |Charles Wyllys Elliott
In the third decade of the century the style affected at Urbino superseded that of Faenza.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 |Various

Soon after Buffalmacco left his master, he was employed by the nuns of Faenza to execute a picture for their convent.

Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) |Shearjashub Spooner

Faenza

/ (Italian faˈɛntsa) /

a city in N Italy, in Emilia-Romagna: famous in the 15th and 16th centuries for its majolica earthenware, esp faïence. Pop: 53 641 (2001)