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SALUZZO , a See also:city and episcopal see of See also:Piedmont, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Cuneo, 42 M . S. of See also:Turin by See also:rail, 1296 ft. above See also:sea-level . Pop . (19or) ro,3o6 (See also:town), 16,208 (See also:commune) . The upper town preserves some See also:part of the fortifications which protected it when, previous to the See also:plague of 163o, the city had upwards of 30,000 inhabitants . The old See also:castle of the marquises of Saluzzo now serves as a See also:prison . Besides the See also:Gothic See also:cathedral (1480-1511), with the tombs of the marquises, the churches of See also:San Giovanni (formerly San Domenico), San Bernardo and the Casa Cavazza, now the municipal museum, are noteworthy . See also:Railways run to Cuneo and Airasca (the latter on the Turin-See also:Pinerolo See also:line) and See also:steam tramways in various directions . The castle of Manta, in the vicinity, contains interesting 15th-See also:century frescoes by a See also:French artist (see P. d'See also:Ancona in L'Arte for 1905; 94, P . 184) . The line of the marquises of Saluzzo began (1142) with See also:Manfred, son of See also:Boniface, See also:marquis of See also:Savona, and continued till 1548, when the city and territory were seized by the French . The marquises being opponents of the See also:house of See also:Savoy, and taking part in the struggles between See also:France and the See also:empire, the city often suffered severely from the fortunes of See also:war .
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