See also:

• ASTI (anc. Hasta)

ASTI (anc. Hasta)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and episcopal see of See also:

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

Piedmont, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• ALESSANDRIA

Alessandria, situated on the Tanaro; it is 22 M . W. by See also:

• RAIL

rail from Alessandria . Pop . (1901) town, 19,787; See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune, 41,047 . See also:

• ASTI (anc. Hasta)

Asti has still numerous See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval towers, a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral of the 14th See also:

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

century, the remains of a See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• BASILICA

basilica of the 6th century, and the octagonal See also:

• BAPTISTERY (Baptislerium, in the Greek Church 4wrurrilpiov)

baptistery of S . Pietro (11th century) . It was the birthplace of the poet See also:

• VITTORIO

Vittorio See also:

• ALFIERI, VITTORIO, COUNT (1749-1803)

Alfieri . In See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient times it manufactured pottery . It is now famous for its sparkling See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine (Asti spumante), and is a considerable centre of See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade .