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

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Berlin, 1877), p . 825 .

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