Our navigation bar is loading . . .

 


 

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries

Helping San Diego, California and beyond since 1997.  




 

JCSM's Top 1000 Christian Sites - Free Traffic Sharing Service!


Do you need volunteer, community service, work, military or court hours?

Click here and add this page to your favorites!

Return to the JCSM Study Center!

Encyclopedia Britannica



ALESSANDRIA

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 543 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: AJA-ALL
ALESSANDRIA , a city and episcopal see of Piedmont, Italy,
capital
  of a province which bears its name, situated on the river Tanaro, 57 M. E. by S. of Turin by rail. Pop. (1901) 71,298, of which about half reside in the actual town: the rest are distributed over the suburbs. Alessandria was founded in 1168 by the inhabitants of the
district
  in order to defend themselves against the marquis of Monferrato and the town of Pavia, at whose request it was besieged in 1174 by Frederick
Barbarossa
  for six months, but without success. The Lombard League now included it among the allied cities and named it Alessandria, after
Pope
  Alexander III. The traditional account of its foundation by the Lombard League has been disproved by F. Graf, Die Griindung Alessandrias: ein Britrag zur Geschichte des Lombarden.bundes (1888). After falling into various hands, it was ceded to Savoy by the peace of Utrecht in 1713, and itskcitadel was begun in 1728. During the French occupation (1800-1814), which began after the battle of Marengo, it was still more strongly fortified; the works were entirely destroyed by the Austrians in 1815, but were afterwards reconstructed, and Alessandria is still an important fortress and the headquarters of the second army corps. The citadel is on the left bank of the Tanaro, the town being on the right bank. It is regularly built and contains few buildings of architectural
interest
 , but is a flourishing and important commercial town, not merely owing to its own manufactures (which are miscellaneous) but for the products of the
district
 , and one of the greatest railway centres in Italy. Lines diverge from it to Turin via Asti, to Valenza (and thence to
Vercelli
 , Mortarafor
Novara
  or Milanand Pavia), to
Tortona
 , to Novi, ;.o
Acqui
  and to Bra.


End of Article: ALESSANDRIA


If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
<a href="http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/Encyclopedia/AJA_ALL/ALESSANDRIA.html">
ALESSANDRIA
</a>
(Previous)
ALESSANDRI, ALESSANDRO 		(Next)
ALESSI

 


 
 


JCSM was founded in 1997 and exists to help the community and bring people into a life-changing and productive relationship with Jesus Christ. JCSM offers over 200,000 free web pages, including its weekly inspirational emails that were sent continuously for over a decade.

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries
P.O. Box 9297
San Diego, CA  92169
1-888-887-0417 or Email

JCSM is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization. Copyright © 1997-2012.
 

 

Sponsored Advertisements

Online First Aid and CPR Certification  .  DHA Solutions  .  PB Happy Hour Specials  .  Improvising Made Easy For Guitar and Bass  .  The Skeptic's Annotated Bible: Corrected and Explained  .  Home Equity Loans  .  First Aid and CPR Online  .  San Diego Music Lessons  .  10,000 Wise Quotes and Spiritual Sayings  .  Blow Up Your Site (For Free!)  .  San Diego DUI Lawyers  .  Jason Gastrich  .  Jordan Faith Gastrich  .  Divorce Secrets Revealed  .  Post Your Ad Link Free  .  San Diego Soccer Training  .  JCSM  .  Download Sermons  .  Custom Religious Banners, Build A Sign  .  Christian Singles Dating  .  Christian T-Shirts  .  Healing Christian Prayer  .  Bumper Authority  .  Personalized Blogs and Email  .  San Diego Haircuts  .  The Do the Math Diet  .  Stop Twitter Spam  .  Christian Conservative Work at Home Network  .  The Website of the Lord