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SALUZZO

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 96 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SALUZZO , a See also:

city and episcopal see of See also:Piedmont, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Cuneo, 42 M. S. of See also:Turin by See also:rail, 1296 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (19or) ro,3o6 (See also:town), 16,208 (See also:commune). The upper town preserves some See also:part of the fortifications which protected it when, previous to the See also:plague of 163o, the city had upwards of 30,000 inhabitants. The old See also:castle of the marquises of Saluzzo now serves as a See also:prison. Besides the See also:Gothic See also:cathedral (1480-1511), with the tombs of the marquises, the churches of See also:San Giovanni (formerly San Domenico), San Bernardo and the Casa Cavazza, now the municipal museum, are noteworthy. See also:Railways run to Cuneo and Airasca (the latter on the Turin-See also:Pinerolo See also:line) and See also:steam tramways in various directions. The castle of Manta, in the vicinity, contains interesting 15th-See also:century frescoes by a See also:French artist (see P. d'See also:Ancona in L'Arte for 1905; 94, P. 184). The line of the marquises of Saluzzo began (1142) with See also:Manfred, son of See also:Boniface, See also:marquis of See also:Savona, and continued till 1548, when the city and territory were seized by the French. The marquises being opponents of the See also:house of See also:Savoy, and taking part in the struggles between See also:France and the See also:empire, the city often suffered severely from the fortunes of See also:war.

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Henry IV. restored the marquis-See also:ate to See also:Charles See also:Emmanuel I. of Savoy at the See also:peace of See also:Lyons in 1601. Among the celebrities of Saluzzo are Silvio See also:Pellico, See also:Bodoni, the famous printer of See also:Parma of the See also:late 18th and See also:early 19th centuries, and Casalis the historian of See also:Sardinia. The See also:history of the marquisate was written by Delfino Muletti (5 vols., 1829-1833).

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