Pistoia
or PISTOJA (ancient Pistain small, sessile, ovate bodies in the of Florence, on a spur of the Apennines.
Its streets are thoroughly Tuscan, and it is surrounded with walls, pierced by five ga gates, and has a citadel. The chief buildings are the cathedral of San Jacopo (12th and 13th centuries), containing a magnificent altar of silver (1286-1407) and several good pictures; the church of St. Bartholomew, with a fine white marble pulpit by Como (1250); St. Andrea, with Giovanni Pisano's pulpit (1301); St. John, with (1286-1407) and several good pictures; the church of St. Bartholomew, with a by Guido of ing leadment. of the Agave Americana (called also maguey), and used for twine, rope, hammock meshes, etc. In Mexico it is PITA FLAX, flax made from the fiber and used for twine, rope, for oakum. Labillardière hammock meshes, etc. In Mexico it is common flax as 7 to 114. maguey), and also used for found that its strength is to that of