Cesena, a town of Central Italy, 12 miles SE. of Forlì by rail, with a cathedral and a trade in silk, wine, hemp, and sulphur. Cesena gave birth to two popes—Pius VI. and VII. Pop. 12,500. Here Murat defeated the Austrians, 30th March 1815.
Cesena
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 75
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