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Pinerolo (inhabited place) |
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| Lat: 44 53 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 44.8833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 007 21 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 7.3500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at the entrance to the Valle del Chisone at foot of Alps; belonged to Turin in 10th cen., to nearby Benedictine monastery in 1078; went to Savoy in 1246; occupied by French in 16th, 17th & 19th cen. |
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Piedmont (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Torino (province) (P) |
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Pinerolo (inhabited place) (P) |
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Savoy (historical region) (P,H) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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first documented in 996 |
| town (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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is a rail junction |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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for textiles, metal, chemicals, printing & food products |
| episcopal see (C) |
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established in 1748 |
| prison center (H) |
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fortress was state prison for 17th-cen. enemies of Louis XIV, including "Man in Iron Mask" (as in novel by A Dumas père) |
| noble seat (H) |
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seat of the counts of Acaia, a subsidiary line of the House of Savoy, 1295-1418 |
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