Castelfraneo, a town of Central Italy, 8 miles SE. of Modena. Pop. 1900.—Also a town of Italy, 15 miles W. of Treviso by rail, the scene of an Austrian defeat by the French, under Saint-Cyr, 24th November 1805. The principal church possesses a celebrated altar-piece by Giorgione, who was born here. Pop. 3758.
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