Foligno
[key], city, in Umbria, central Italy. It is a commercial and industrial
center and a railroad junction. Manufactures include machinery, transport
equipment, paper, and textiles. Foligno was under papal control from the
mid-15th cent. until 1860. Of note in the city are the Romanesque cathedral
(12th cent., frequently restored) and the Palazzo Trinci (15th cent., with a
19th-century neoclassical facade). A local school of art flourished in the
15th cent.
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