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MONDOVI , a town and episcopal see of the province of Cuneo
Cuneo
above sea-level, the upper 1834 ft. There is a school of the industrial arts and handicrafts, and majolica, paper , and silk cocoons are produced. The upper town contains the hexagonal piazza, a citadel, erected in 1573 by Emanuel Philibert, the cathedral of S. Donatus, a spacious episcopal palace, and higher up is a tower, the Belvedere, with a fine view. At the foot of the hill along the banks of the Ellero (a tributary of the Po) lie the industrial and commercial suburbs of Breo, Borgatto, Pian della Valle and Carassone, with their potteries, tanneries, paper -mills, marble-works, &c. The mansion of Count San Quintino in Pian della Valle was the seat of the printing-press
MondoviMons Vici,Mons Regalis,Monteregaledid not take its rise till about A.D. 1000. The bishopric dates
east
dome (1730-1748), which has been declared a national monument. In the square before it is a monument (1891) to Charles Emmanuel
See L. Melano Rossi, The Sanctuario of the Madonna di Vito (London, 1907). End of Article: MONDOVI If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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