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- ↑ Announcement by Istituti Raggruppati.
- ↑ Official site of the residence.
- ↑ Pistoia e il suo territorio: Pescia e i suoi dintorni: guida del forestiero, by Giuseppe Tigri, Tipografia Cino, Pistoia (1853): page 229.