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SAVONA , a seaport and episcopal see of See also:

LIGURIA

Liguria, See also:

Italy, in the See also:

province of See also:

GENOA (anc. Genua, Ital. Genova, Fr. GPnes)

Genoa, 27 M. W.S.W. of Genoa by See also:

RAIL

rail, 33 ft. above See also:

sea-level, and after Genoa and See also:

NICE

Nice the most important of the cities of the See also:

RIVIERA

Riviera. Pop. (1906) 43,836 (See also:

TOWN

town); 46,778 (See also:

commune). The greater See also:

PART

part of the town is. now See also:

MODERN

modern. It is surrounded with See also:

green-clad hills and luxuriant See also:

orange groves. On the See also:

Rock of St See also:

George stands the See also:

castle built by the Genoese in 1542, on the See also:

AREA

area of the old See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral and now used as a military See also:

PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison.. The cathedral (1589–1604) is a See also:

LATE

late See also:

RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance See also:

BUILDING

building with a modern See also:

DOME (Lat domus, house; Ital. duomo, cathedral)

dome and See also:

early Renaissance See also:

CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir-stalls, puplit, &c. Tn the Cappella Sistina, to the See also:

north, stands the See also:

SIMPLE

simple, finely carved See also:

TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb erected by See also:

SIXTUS

Sixtus IV. to his parents. Facing the cathedral is the Della Rovere See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace erected by See also:

CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal Giulio della Rovere (See also:

JULIUS

Julius II.) from the plans of Giuliano da See also:

SANGALLO

Sangallo as a See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of university, and now occupied by the prefecture, the See also:

POST

post-See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office and See also:

law-courts. S. Maria di Sastello has a large altarpiece by See also:

FOPPA, VINCENZO

Foppa and Brea (of 1490).

There is a municipal picture-See also:

GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery in the See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital of St See also:

Paul. The Teatro See also:

CHIABRERA, GABRIELLO (1552-1637)

Chiabrera was erected in 1853 in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of the lyric poet Chiabrera, who was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born and. buried in Savona. Four and a See also:

HALF

half See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles W. is a See also:

PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage See also:

church of the Madonna della Misericordia, founded in 1536. The modern See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, dating from 1815, has since 188o been provided with a See also:

DOCK

dock excavated in the rock, 986 ft. See also:

long, 46o ft. wide and 23 ft. deep. Savona is one of the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief seats of the See also:

ITALIAN

Italian See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, having iron-See also:

WORKS

works and foundries, See also:

SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding, railway See also:

WORK

work-shops, See also:

ENGINEERING

engineering shops, See also:

brass foundry, tinplate works, See also:

SULPHUR

sulphur See also:

mills and See also:

glass-works. It imports commodities to the value of nearly 2,0oo,000 yearly, half of which is See also:

COAL

coal, with See also:

PETROLEUM (Lat. Petra, rock, and oleuin, oil)

petroleum, iron, cereals, &c. In 1906, 777,000 tons of See also:

SHIPPING

shipping, of which about half was See also:

BRITISH

British, and most of the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest Italian, entered. There is a small export See also:

trade, chiefly in iron sheets, chemicals, See also:

wood and candied fruits. The See also:

POTTERIES, THE

potteries export their earthenware to all parts of Italy. There is a railway through the mountains from Savona to See also:

TURIN

Turin (91 M. N.N.W.). Savona is the See also:

ancient Savo, a town of the Ingauni (see See also:

ALBENGA

ALBENGA), where, according to See also:

LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy, See also:

MAGO

Mago stored his See also:

BOOTY (apparently influenced by " boot," O. Eng. bot, ad-vantage or profit, through an adaptation from an earlier form cognate with Ger. Beute and Fr. butin)

booty in the Second Punic See also:

A buried See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

BRIDGE

bridge lies near the stream, which has now changed its course. The See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was never of importance in Roman times, the See also:

TRAFFIC

traffic passing to Vada Sabatia (Vado), 4 M. to the W., which was a harbour, and the point to which the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast road from See also:

Rome was reconstructed in 109 B.C., and from which a road diverged across the See also:

APENNINES (Gr. 'A1T- vvLvos, Lat. Appenninus—in both cases used in the singular)

Apennines to Placentia. In 1191 it bought up the territorial claims of the marquesses Del Carretto. Its whole See also:

HISTORY

history is that of a long struggle against the preponderance of Genoa. As early as the 12th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the Savonese built themselves a sufficient harbour; but in the 16th century the Genoese, fearing that See also:

Francis I. of See also:

France intended to make it a See also:

GREAT

great seat of Mediterranean trade, rendered it useless by sinking at its mouth vessels filled with large stones. In 1746 it was captured by the See also:

king of See also:

SARDINIA (Gr. 'IXs'o"uva, from a fancied resemblance to a footprint in its shape, Ital. Sardegna)

Sardinia, but it was restored to Genoa by the treaty of See also:

AIX

Aix-la-Chapelle. See also:

Columbus, whose ancestors came from Savona, gave the name of the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city to one of the first islands he discovered in the See also:

ANTILLES

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