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CUNEO (Fr. Coni)

This article appears in Volume V07, Page 633 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CRE-DAH
CUNEO (Fr. Coni) , a town and episcopal see of Piedmont, Italy, the
capital
  of the province of
Cuneo
 , 55 M. by rail S. of Turin, 1722 ft. above sea-level.
Cuneo
  lies on the railway from Turin to Ventimiglia, which farther on passes under the Col di Tenda (tunnel 5 m.
long
 ). It is also a junction for Mondovi and Saluzzo, and has steam tramways to Borgo S. Dalmazzo, Boves, Saluzzo and Dronero. Pop. (1901) 15,412 (town), 26,879 (commune). Its name (" wedge ") is due to its position on a hill between two streams, the Stura and the
Gesso
 , with fine views of the mountains. The Franciscan
church
 , now converted into a military storehouse, belongs to the 12th century, but there are no other buildings of
special
 
interest
 . The fortifications have
been converted into promenades. Cuneo was founded about 1I20 by refugees from local baronial tyranny, who, after the destruction of
Milan
  by
Barbarossa
 , were joined by Lombards. In 1382 it swore fealty to Amedeus VI., duke of Savoy. It was an important fortress, and was ceded by the treaty of Cherasco (1796), with Ceva and
Tortona
 , to the French. In 1799 it was taken after ten days' bombardment by the Austrian and Russian armies, and, in 'Soo, after the victory of Marengo, the French demolished the fortifications.


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