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SUSA (anc. Segusio, q.v.) , a city and episcopal see of Piedmont, Italy, in the province of Turin, from which it is 33 M. W. by rail. Pop. (1901), 3607 (town); 5023 (commune). It is situated on the Dora Riparia, a tributary of the Po, 1625 ft. above sea-level, and is protected from the northern winds by the Rocciamelone. Among the medieval buildings of Susa the first place belongs to the church of San Giusto, founded in 1029 by Olderico Manfredi II. and the countess Berta, and in 1772 raised to be the cathedral
niello
east
After the time of Charlemagne a marquisate of Susa was established ; and the town became in the 11th century the capital of Adelaide countess of Savoy, who was mistress of the whole of Piedmont. On his retreat from Legnano in 1176 Barbarossa
Emmanuel
great
Napoleon
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