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References
- ↑ Fondo Ambiente Italia, entry on palace.
- ↑ Orvieto: Note storiche di topografia, note storiche d'arte, by Pericle Perali (1919): pages 216-217.
- ↑ Key to Umbria entry, by Lynda Evans.
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