Jesi, or IESI (anc. Æsium or Æsis), a walled town of Italy, 17 miles by rail SW. of Ancona, has a cathedral, a town-house with good pictures, manufactures of silk, paper, soap, &c., and a trade in wine, olive-oil, corn, and cheese. Here the Emperor Frederick II. was born. Pop. 12,118.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta
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