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Encyclopedia Britannica



CHIVASSO

This article appears in Volume V06, Page 253 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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


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