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CUNEO (Fr. Coni)

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 633 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CUNEO (Fr. Coni) , a See also:town and episcopal see of See also:Piedmont, See also:Italy, the See also:capital of the See also:province of Cuneo, 55 M. by See also:rail S. of See also:Turin, 1722 ft. above See also:sea-level. Cuneo lies on the railway from Turin to See also:Ventimiglia, which farther on passes under the See also:Col di Tenda (See also:tunnel 5 m.• See also:long). It is also a junction for See also:Mondovi and See also:Saluzzo, and has See also:steam tramways to Borgo S. Dalmazzo, Boves, Saluzzo and Dronero. Pop. (1901) 15,412 (town), 26,879 (See also:commune). Its name (" See also:wedge ") is due to its position on a See also:hill between two streams, the Stura and the See also:Gesso, with See also:fine views of the mountains. The Franciscan See also:church, now converted into a military storehouse, belongs to the 12th See also:century, but there are no other buildings of See also:special See also:interest. The fortifications have been converted into promenades. Cuneo was founded about 1I20 by refugees from See also:local baronial tyranny, who, after the destruction of See also:Milan by See also:Barbarossa, were joined by See also:Lombards. In 1382 it swore fealty to Amedeus VI., See also:duke of See also:Savoy.

It was an important fortress, and was ceded by the treaty of Cherasco (1796), with See also:

Ceva and See also:Tortona, to the See also:French. In 1799 it was taken after ten days' See also:bombardment by the See also:Austrian and See also:Russian armies, and, in 'Soo, after the victory of See also:Marengo, the French demolished the fortifications.

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