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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 162 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SUSA (anc. See also:
SEGUSIO (mod. Susa, q.v.)
Segusio, q.v.) , a See also:

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

city and episcopal see of See also:

PIEDMONT (Ital. Piemonte; Low Lat. Pedemons and Pedemontium)

Piedmont, See also:

Italy, in the See also:

province of See also:

TURIN

Turin, from which it is 33 M. W. by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (1901), 3607 (See also:

TOWN

town); 5023 (See also:

commune). It is situated on the Dora Riparia, a tributary of the Po, 1625 ft. above See also:

sea-level, and is protected from the See also:

NORTHERN

northern winds by the Rocciamelone. Among the See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval buildings of Susa the first See also:

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

place belongs to the See also:

church of See also:

SAN

San Giusto, founded in 1029 by Olderico Manfredi II. and the countess Berta, and in 1772 raised to be the See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral. It has a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick campanile and brick decoration, and contains a See also:

BRONZE

bronze See also:

TRIPTYCH (Gr. rpiary os, three-fold, made in three layers, TpL-, rpeis, three; arux1, a fold; 7rr(uoELv, to fold, double over)

triptych of 1358 in See also:

NIELLO (the Italian form of Lat. nigellum, diminutive of ?tiger, " black "; Late Gr. /IAAavbv)

niello, with the Virgin and See also:

Child. In the See also:

VALLE, PIETRO DELLA (1586–1652)

Valle di Susa, about 14 M. See also:

east of it, towards Turin, near S. Ambrogio di Torino, is the monastery of S. Michele with a Romanesque church, situated on a rocky See also:

mountain (998-1002). After the See also:

time of See also:

Charlemagne a marquisate of Susa was established ; and the town became in the 11th See also:

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

century the See also:

capital of See also:

Adelaide countess of See also:

Savoy, who was See also:

MISTRESS

mistress of the whole of Piedmont.

On his See also:

RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat from See also:

LEGNANO

Legnano in 1176 See also:

BARBAROSSA ("Redbeard")

Barbarossa set See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire to Susa; but the town became more than ever important when See also:

EMMANUEL, or IMMANUEL

Emmanuel Philibert fortified it at See also:

GREAT

great expense in the 16th century. It was, however, dismantled by See also:

NAPOLEON

Napoleon I. in 1796.

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