Pistoia, a town of N. Italy, at the foot of the Apennines, 21 m. NW. of Florence, with palaces and churches rich in works of art; manufactures iron and steel wares.
Population (circa 1900) given as 20,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Pisistratus * Pistol, Ancient