rilievo

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rilievo (plural rilievos or rilievi)

(art) A relief.
- 1840, The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge:
  One of the rilievos on the outer wall of the church seems to belong to an early period of the Longobard dominion in Italy, when that nation was still Arian: […]

From Late Latin relevium, from Latin relevō (“to raise”).

rilievo m (plural rilievi)

prominence or emphasis
quel vestito mette in rilievo la sua figura
that garment emphasizes his physique

dare rilievo alla notizia ― to emphasize a certain item of news
relief (etymology 2)