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Sunday, June 29th, 2025
the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
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Piedmont
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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A district of Italy, formerly a principality, ruled by the house of Savoy, surrounded by the Alps, the Apennines, and the river Ticino; occupies the W. end of the great fertile valley of the Po, a hilly region rich in vines and mulberries, and a mountainous tract with forests and grazing land intersected by lovely valleys, which send streams down into the Po; the people are industrious; textile manufactures are extensive, and agriculture is skilful; Turin, the largest town, was the capital of Italy 1859-1865; in the glens of the Cottian Alps the Vaudois or Waldenses, after much persecution, still dwell.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Piedmont'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/piedmont.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Piedmont'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/piedmont.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
