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CAVOUR (anc. Caburrum or Forum Vibii)

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 586 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CAVOUR (anc. Caburrum or See also:Forum Vibii)  , a See also:town of See also:Piedmont, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Turin, 32 m . S.W. by See also:rail and See also:steam tram (via See also:Pinerolo from the town of Turin) . Pop . (1901) town, 2091; See also:commune, 6843 . It lies on the See also:north See also:side of a huge isolated See also:mass of See also:granite (the Rocca di See also:Cavour) which rises from the See also:plain . On the See also:summit was the See also:Roman See also:village, which. belonged to the province of the Alpes Cottiae . There are some ruins of See also:medieval fortifications . The town gave its name to the Benso See also:family bf See also:Chieri, who were raised to the marquisate in 1771, and of which the statesman Cavour was a member . For the See also:ancient name see Th . See also:Mommsen in Corp . Inscrip . See also:Lat. v .

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Berlin, 1877), p . 825 .

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