Usage Note
XVI (sedicesimo) marks the 16th position. The 16th century (1500s) is known in Italian as il Cinquecento, a term central to Renaissance art history. Sedicesimo is also used in typography: a sedicesimo is a book format (16mo) where a sheet is folded into 16 leaves.
Examples
"L'arte del XVI secolo è straordinaria."
Natural Translation
The art of the 16th century is extraordinary.
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