CASALE MONFERRATO  , 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, 21 M . N.N.W. by See also:

• RAIL

rail from the town of Alessandria . Pop . (1901) 18,874 (town); 31,370 (See also:

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

commune) . It lies in the See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the Po, 377 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level, and is a junction for See also:

• MORTARA

Mortara, See also:

• VERCELLI (anc. Vercellae)

Vercelli . See also:

• CHIVASSO

Chivasso and See also:

• ASTI (anc. Hasta)

Asti; it is also connected by See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam tramways with Alessandria, Vercelli and Montemagno . The See also:

• FINE

fine Lombard Romanesque See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, originally founded in 742, was rebuilt in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early 12th See also:

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

century and consecrated in 11o6; it suffered from restoration in 1706, but has been brought back to its See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form . It contains some See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good pictures . The 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)

church of S . Domenico is a good See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance edifice, and there are some fine palaces . The church of S . Ilario is said to occupy the site of a See also:

• PAGAN
• PAGAN (Lat. paganus, of or belonging to a pagus, a canton, county district, village, commune)

pagan See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple, but the name of the See also:

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

ancient town (if any) which occupied this site is not known .

About ro m. distant is the Sacro See also:

• MONTE

Monte di Crea, with eighteen chapels on its slopes containing terra-See also:

• COTTA
• COTTA, BERNHARD VON (1808—1879)
• COTTA, GAIUS AURELIUS (c. 124—73 B.c.)

cotta See also:

• GROUPS
• GROUPS, THEORY

groups of statues, resembling those at Varallo . Casale Monferrato was given by See also:

• CHARLEMAGNE [CHARLES THE GREAT] (c. 742-814)
• CHARLEMAGNE, JEAN ARMAND (1753–1838)

Charlemagne to the church of Vercelli, but obtained its See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty from See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick I . (See also:

• BARBAROSSA ("Redbeard")

Barbarossa) . It was sacked by the troops of Vercelli, Alessandria and See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan in 1215, but rebuilt and fortified in 1220 . It See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell under the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of its marquises in 1292, and became the See also:

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

chief town of a small See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . In 1536 it passed to the Gonzagas of See also:

• MANTUA (Ital. Mantova)

Mantua, who fortified it very strongly . It has since been of considerable importance as a fortress: it successfully resisted the Austrians in 1849, and was strengthened in 1852 . There is a large See also:

• PORTLAND
• PORTLAND, EARL OF
• PORTLAND, ISLE OF
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM BENTINCK, EARL
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH BENTINCK

Portland See also:

• CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

cement factory here .