See also:

• CUNEO (Fr. Coni)

CUNEO (Fr. Coni)  , 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, the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• CUNEO (Fr. Coni)

Cuneo, 55 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail S. of See also:

• TURIN

Turin, 1722 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 . Cuneo lies on the railway from Turin to See also:

• VENTIMIGLIA (Fr. Vintimille, anc. Album Intimilium or Albintimilium)

Ventimiglia, which farther on passes under the See also:

• COL
• COL (Fr. for " neck," Lat. collum)

Col di Tenda (See also:

• TUNNEL (Fr. tonne!, later tonneau, a diminutive from Low Lat. tonna, tunna, a tun, cask)

tunnel 5 m.• See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long) . It is also a junction for See also:

• MONDOVI

Mondovi and See also:

• SALUZZO

Saluzzo, and has See also:

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

steam tramways to Borgo S . Dalmazzo, Boves, Saluzzo and Dronero . Pop . (1901) 15,412 (town), 26,879 (See also:

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

commune) . Its name (" See also:

• WEDGE (O. Eng. wecg, a mass of metal, cognate with Dutch wig, wigge, Dan. vaegge, &c.; in Lith. the cognate form outside Teut. is found in wagis, a peg, spigot; there is no connexion with " weigh," " weight," which must be referred to the root wegh, to li

wedge ") is due to its position 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)

hill between two streams, the Stura and the See also:

• GESSO

Gesso, with See also:

• FINE

fine views of the mountains . The Franciscan 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, now converted into a military storehouse, belongs to the 12th See also:

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

century, but there are no other buildings of See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• INTEREST

interest . The fortifications have been converted into promenades . Cuneo was founded about 1I20 by refugees from See also:

• LOCAL

local baronial tyranny, who, after the destruction of See also:

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

Milan by See also:

• BARBAROSSA ("Redbeard")

Barbarossa, were joined by See also:

• LOMBARDS, or LANGOBARDI

Lombards . In 1382 it swore fealty to Amedeus VI., See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• SAVOY, HOUSE
• SAVOY, HOUSE OF

Savoy . It was an important fortress, and was ceded by the treaty of Cherasco (1796), with See also:

• CEVA

Ceva and See also:

• TORTONA (anc. Dertona)

Tortona, to the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French .

In 1799 it was taken after ten days' See also:

• BOMBARDMENT

bombardment by the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian and See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian armies, and, in 'Soo, after the victory of See also:

• MARENGO

Marengo, the French demolished the fortifications .