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TORTONA (anc. Dertona)

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 72 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TOO-TUM
TORTONA (anc. Dertona) , a town and episcopal see of Piedmont, Italy, in the province of Alessandria, from which it is 14 M. E. by rail, on the right bank of the Scrivia, at the northern foot of the Apennines, 394 ft. above sea-level. Pop. (19or), 11,308 (town); 17,419 (commune).
Tortona
  is on the main line from
Milan
  to Genoa; from it a main line runs to Alessandria, a branch to Castelnuovo Scrivia, and a steam tramway to Sale. Its fortifications were destroyed by the French after Marengo (1799); the ramparts are now turned into shady
promenades. The
cathedral
 , erected by Philip II., contains a remarkably fine Roman sarcophagus of the Christian period. Silk-weaving, tanning and hat-making are the
chief
 
industries
 ; and there is some
trade
  in wine and
grain
 .
Dertona, which may have become a Roman colony as early as the 2nd century B.C. and-certainly did so under
Augustus
 , is spoken of by Strabo as one of the most important towns of Liguria. It stood at the point of divergence of the Via Postumia (see LIGURIA) and the Via Aemilia, while a branch road ran hence to Pollentia. A number of ancient
inscriptions
  and other objects have been found here. In the middle ages
Tortona
  was zealously attached to the Guelphs, on which account it was twice laid waste by Frederick
Barbarossa
 , in 1155 and 1163. (T. As.)


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