BIELLA
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V03,
Page 920
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
BIELLA
, a°; town and episcopal see of Piedmont, Italy, in the province of Novara, 55 M
.
N.E. of Turin by rail, and 38 m. direct, situated on the S. edge of the lower Alps
.
Pop
.
(1901) town, 3454; commune, 19,267
.
The old town (1558 ft.) lies on a See also: - HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
above the new town, and is reached from it by a cable tramway
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It has fine palaces with decorations in terra- cotta; and a modern bath establishment is situated here
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The new town contains the 15th- century cathedral and the fine Renaissance See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
of S
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Sebastiano; near the former is a baptistery of the 9th century
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It is a considerable manufacturing centre for woollens, silks and cottons, electric power being furnished by the torrents descending from the mountains at the foot of which it lies
.
It is frequented as a tourist centre, and several hydropathic establishments and mountain resorts lie in the vicinity
.
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