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TORTONA (anc. Dertona)

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 72 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TORTONA (anc. Dertona) , a See also:town and episcopal see of See also:Piedmont, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Alessandria, from which it is 14 M. E. by See also:rail, on the right See also:bank of the Scrivia, at the See also:northern See also:foot of the See also:Apennines, 394 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (19or), 11,308 (town); 17,419 (See also:commune). Tortona is on the See also:main See also:line from See also:Milan to See also:Genoa; from it a main line runs to Alessandria, a See also:branch to Castelnuovo Scrivia, and a See also:steam See also:tramway to See also:Sale. Its fortifications were destroyed by the See also:French after See also:Marengo (1799); the ramparts are now turned into shady promenades. The See also:cathedral, erected by See also:Philip II., contains a remarkably See also:fine See also:Roman See also:sarcophagus of the See also:Christian See also:period. See also:Silk-See also:weaving, tanning and See also:hat-making are the See also:chief See also:industries; and there is some See also:trade in See also:wine and See also:grain. Dertona, which may have become a Roman See also:colony as See also:early as the 2nd See also:century B.C. and-certainly did so under See also:Augustus, is spoken of by See also:Strabo as one of the most important towns of See also:Liguria. It stood at the point of divergence of the Via See also:Postumia (see LIGURIA) and the Via Aemilia, while a branch road ran hence to See also:Pollentia. A number of See also:ancient See also:inscriptions and other See also:objects have been found here.

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middle ages Tortona was zealously attached to the Guelphs, on which See also:account it was twice laid See also:waste by See also:Frederick See also:Barbarossa, in 1155 and 1163. (T.

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