| Comune di Saluzzo | |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Province | Cuneo (CN) |
| Mayor | Paolo Allemano (since June 28, 2004 |
| Elevation | 395 m (1,296 ft) |
| Area | 75 km² (29 sq mi) |
| Population (as of December 31, 2004) | |
| - Total | 16,153 |
| - Density | 215/km² (557/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
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| Gentilic | Saluzzesi |
| Dialing code | 0175 |
| Postal code | 12037 |
| Patron | St. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Piedmont ( Piemonte; Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont; French: Piémont) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. In Italy, a Province (in Italian provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between Municipality ( Comune Cuneo is a province in the southwest of the Piedmont region of Italy. Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place Here are a list of area codes in Italy. All numbers here begin with the country code (0039 Chiaffredus |
| - Day | September 7 |
| Website: www.comune.saluzzo.cn.it | |
Saluzzo is a town and former principality in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont region, Italy. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Cuneo is a province in the southwest of the Piedmont region of Italy. Piedmont ( Piemonte; Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont; French: Piémont) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
The city of Saluzzo is built on a hill overlooking a vast, well-cultivated plain. Iron, lead, silver, marble, slate etc. are found in the surrounding mountains.
It has a population of approximately 16,000.
Saluzzo was the birthplace of Silvio Pellico, typographer Giambattista Bodoni and Carlo Denina. Silvio Pellico ( 24 June 1788 &ndash 31 January 1854) was an Italian writer poet Dramatist and patriot Giambattista Bodoni ( February 16, 1740 in Saluzzo &ndash November 29, 1813 in Parma) was an Italian Carlo Giovanni Maria Denina (1731&ndash 5 December 1813) was an Italian Historian.
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History
Saluzzo was a civitas (tribal city state) of the Vagienni, or mountain Ligures, and later of the Salluvii. The Ligures (singular Ligus or Ligur; English: Ligurians, Greek:) were an ancient people who gave their name to Liguria Salyes (Gr Σάλυες also sallyes, salyi, salluvii) in ancient Geography, a people occupying the plain South of the Druentia ( Durance This district was brought under Roman control by the Consul Marcus Fulvius. Marcus Fulvius Flaccus was a Roman senator and an ally of the Gracchi.
In the Carlovingian age it became the residence of a count; later, having passed to the Marquesses of Susa, Manfredo I, son of Marquess Bonifacio del Vasto, on the division of that principality became Marquess of Saluzzo; this family held the marquisate of Saluzzo from 1142 to 1548. The Carolingian dynasty (known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolings, or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family with its origins in the A count is a Nobleman in European countries The word count comes from French comte, itself from Latin Susa is a city in Piedmont, Italy. It is situated on a tributary of the Po River, at the foot of the Cottian Alps, 51 km (32 mi west of Manfred I (died 1175 was the first Margrave of Saluzzo in the last year of his life alone being an old man when the Emperor Frederick I appointed him margrave The marquisate embraced the territory lying between the Alps, the Po and the Stura, and was extended on several occasions. In the Middle Ages it had a chequered existence, often being in conflict with powerful neighbours, chiefly the Counts (later Dukes) of Savoy. After Manfredo II's death, his widow had to accept a series of tributes, which were to be later the base of the House of Savoy's claims over the increasingly feebler marquises' territories. Manfred II (1140 &ndash 1215 was the second Margrave of Saluzzo from his father's death in 1175 to his own The House of Savoy (Casa Savoia was formed in the early eleventh century in the historical Savoy region Tommaso III, a vassal of France, wrote the romance Le chevalier errant ('the knight-errant'). Thomas III of Saluzzo (Tommaso III di Saluzzo 1356 - 1416 was Margrave of Saluzzo from 1396 until his death Ludovico I (1416-75) started the Golden Age of the city and imposed himself as a mediator between the neighbouring powers. Ludovico I del Vasto (died 1475 was Marquess of Saluzzo from 1416 until his death Ludovico II constructed a tunnel, no longer in use, through the Monviso, a remarkable work for the time. Ludovico II del Vasto ( March 23 1438 - January 27 1504) was Marquis (margrave of Saluzzo from 1475 until his death Monte Viso, colloquially known as Monviso ( Piedmontese: Brich Monviso or Viso; Occitan: Vísol) is a mountain in the With the help of the French he resisted a vigorous siege by the Duke of Savoy in 1486, but in 1487 yielded and retired to France where he wrote L'art de la chevalerie sous Vegèce ("The art of chivalry under Vegetius", 1488), a treatise on good government, and other works on military affairs. He was a patron of clerics and authors. Patronage is the support encouragement privilege and often financial aid given by a person or an organization In 1490 Ludovico regained power, but after his deaths his sons struggled longly for the rule and impoverished the state.
After long struggles for independence, the marquisate was occupied (1548) by the French, as a fief of the Crown of France - with the name of Saluces - and remained part of that kingdom until it was ceded to Savoy in 1601. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. For the two French départements of the region of Savoy see Savoie and Haute-Savoie Savoy ( French In 1588 Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy took possession of the city. Charles Emmanuel I ( Italian: Carlo Emanuele I di Savoia, January 12 1562 &ndash July 26 1630) surnamed the Great Thenceforward Saluzzo shared the destinies of Piedmont, with which it formed "one of the keys of the house" of Italy.
The area is also the setting of Chaucer's Clerk's Tale in The Canterbury Tales. Geoffrey Chaucer (c 1343 – 25 October 1400? was an English author poet Philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and Diplomat. " The Clerk's Tale " is the first tale of Group E in Geoffrey Chaucer 's The Canterbury Tales. The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in Prose, the rest in verse) [1]
Main sights
- The Cathedral (1491-1501), in Lombard-Gothic style. The façade is decorated with rose-windows, frescoes (almost totally faded) and statues. The interior contains a magnificent Baroque high altar, plus a 16th century terracotta group portraying the Deposition, ad Adoration of the Shepherds by Sebastiano Ricci. Sebastiano Ricci ( August 1, 1659 - 15 May 1734) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque school of Venice.
- The church of St. Bernard, formerly belonging to the Conventuals, has interesting tombs of the counts della Torre.
- The Dominican church of San Giovanni, begun in 1330 in Gothic style and completed in 1504 with Bramantesque influences. Donato Bramante (1444 – March 11, 1514) was an Italian Architect, who introduced the Early Renaissance style to Milan and the High Renaissance It has a noteworthy Gothic façade. The apse, from 1504, houses a Funerary Chapel of Ludovico II, work by Antoine Le Moiturier (1425-74) covered with green stone and characterized by an elegant play of arches and sculptures. The sepulchre of Ludovico II is a Renaissance work by Benedetto Briosco. Benedetto Briosco (c Pavia, 1460-1514 was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect active in Lombardy. Annexed are the Gothic cloister and the Capitular Hall with the Mausoleum of a vicar-general of the marquisate, Galeazzo Cavassa di Carmagnola, a Renaissance work by Matteo Sanmicheli.
- The Cavassa House, rebuilt with a typical Renaissance interior.
- The churches of St. Augustine and St. Bernardino are also worthy of note.
- The present Town hall is the former Jesuit College, while the older one (1462), with a bold tower, is utilized by the Court of Assizes. The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order The 16th century Villa Belvedere has elegant rooms with late-Renaissance decorations.
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Sources
- This article incorporates text from the entry Saluzzo in the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913. margraves (also marquises or marquesses of Saluzzo were the Medieval Feudal rulers city of Saluzzo ( Piedmont) and its countryside Giovanni Giovenale Ancina ( 19 October 1545 - August 30 1604) was an Italian priest scholar and music composer known also as an orator The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language Encyclopedia published by The Encyclopedia
- L'Italia da scoprire, Guide di Bell'Italia, ed. Giorgio Mondadori, 2006
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