TURIN-THE PIEDMONTf.SE CAPITAL
... On the capital of Piedmont nearly the whole public interest of Europe at this moment centres. This seat of the Sardinian monarchy is situated in a beautiful plain on the Po, which at this point receives the waters of the Dora Ripara. The town is of an oblong form, and its circumference about four miles. The streets are in general wide and straight, intersecting each other at right angles, and ...