Fossombrone, a town in the Italian province of Urbino-Pesaro, on the Metauro, which is here spanned by a fine modern bridge, 10 miles E. of Urbino, with a cathedral, mineral spring, and manufactures of silk. Here stood the ancient Forum Sempronii, of which interesting remains have been found. Pop. 4266.
Fossombrone
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 749
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