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cinquecento
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noun (the cinquecento) the 16th century as a period of Italian art, architecture, or literature, with a reversion to classical forms.
origin Italian, literally ‘500’ (shortened from milcinquecento ‘1500’) used with reference to the years 1500–99.

Source: Oxford Dictionary of English

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