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Identifier: italyfromalpstom00stie (find matches)
Title: Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Stieler, Karl, 1842-1885 Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana, Antonio, conte, 1843-1913, former owner. IU-R Paulus, Eduard, 1837-1907 Kaden, Woldemar, 1838-1907 Trollope, Frances Eleanor, d. 1913 Trollope, Thomas Adolphus, 1810-1892
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Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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hence is sharpand keen ; it has no touch of southern softness in its breath, but rather the stern vigourwhich is expressed in the material aspect of the city :—active energy overpoweringdreamy fancy. This is the old valiant home of the Sards who have made Italy free and united; thiswas for centuries the capital of little Piedmont, upon whose energy the mother countrystaked her best hopes ; this is the birthplace of the great statesman Cavour. AlthoughTurin was already, in the time of the Romans, a strongly fortified place (as may beproved by the plan and disposition of its streets to this day) yet its chief historical import-ance dates only from the eleventh century, when it came into the possession of the Houseof Savoy,—to which it belongs up to the present time. Indeed there are very few citieswhich are at once so true to dynastic ties and traditions, and so full of intense patriotismfor the great mother country. We naturally find the traces of the House of Savoy in I I 2 ITALY.
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FOUNTAIN IN THE GIARDINO REALE. every palace and monument throughout Turin ; and its influence is felt everywhere. Thenames of Amadeo and Emanuele, of Philibert and Carlo Alberto, meet us at every step ;amidst these eighteenth century buildings we seem to see Prince Eugene striding along aswhen he saved the town from the French by one of his victories. And however much TURIN. i3 modern hands may have modified the old forms, they cannot efface their impressions. Itis true that Turin does not possess the charm of many another southern city, yet neverthe-less she stirs our sympathies profoundly, and we feel for her—if not admiring enthusiasm,yet—heartfelt esteem and respect. The most important streets in Turin are the Via del Po, Via di Roma, and DoraGrossa,—a remnant of the old Roman Road which led from hence to the mountains :

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Stieler, Karl, 1842-1885; Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana, Antonio, conte, 1843-1913, former owner. IU-R; Paulus, Eduard, 1837-1907; Kaden, Woldemar, 1838-1907; Trollope, Frances Eleanor, d. 1913;

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