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CHIVASSO

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 253 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHIVASSO  , a

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town and episcopal see of
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Piedmont,
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Italy, in the
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province of
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Turin, 18 m . N.E. by
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rail from the town of Turin, 600 ft. above
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sea-level . Pop . (1901) 4169 (town), 9804 (
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commune) . It is situated on the
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left
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bank of the Po, near the influx of the Orco . The
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cathedral is of the 15th
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century with a
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fine
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facade ornamented with statues in terra-
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cotta . It was an important fortress in the
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middle ages, and until 1804, when the
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French dismantled it . One
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tower only of the old
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castle of the marquesses of 114onferrato, who possessed the town from 1164 to 1435, remains . Chivasso is on the
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main
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line from Turin to
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Milan, and is the junction of branches for
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Aosta and Casale Monferrato .

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