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BIELLA , a°;See also:town and episcopal see of See also:Piedmont, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Novara, 55 M. N.E. of See also:Turin by See also:rail, and 38 m. See also:direct, situated on the S. edge of the See also:lower See also:Alps. Pop. (1901) town, 3454; See also:commune, 19,267. The old town (1558 ft.) lies on a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill above the new town, and is reached from it by a See also:cable See also:tramway. It has See also:fine palaces with decorations in terra-See also:cotta; and a See also:modern See also:bath See also:establishment is situated here. The new town contains the 15th-See also:century See also:cathedral and the fine See also:Renaissance See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of S. Sebastiano; near the former is a See also:baptistery of the 9th century. It is a considerable manufacturing centre for woollens, silks and cottons, electric See also:power being furnished by the torrents descending from the mountains at the See also:foot of which it lies. It is frequented as a tourist centre, and several hydropathic establishments and See also:mountain resorts See also:lie in the vicinity.
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