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Identifier: italyhandbookfor00karluoft (find matches)
Title: Italy : handbook for travellers
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Subjects: Italy -- Guidebooks
Publisher: Leipsic, K. Baedeker
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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a painting by Macrino dAlba. — Casale Monferrato isthe junction of the Asti-Mortara line (p. 52) and of that to Chivasso (seeabove). It is also connected with Alessandria, with Vercelli (see above),and with Montemagno (p. 52; via Altavilla) by tramways. — Various smallstations, including (23 M.) Valenza (p. 190). — 35 M. Alessandria, see p. 53. From Vercelli to Pavia, see p. 190. The train crosses the Sesia (p. 71); to the left rise the Alps,with the magnificent Monte Rosa group. — 52 M. Borgo Vercelli. to Milan, NOVARA. 16. Route 67 62 M. Novara (490 ft.; Rail. Restaurant; Alb. dItalia, ViaBenedetto Cairoli, R. 3, omn. 3/4 fr.; Hot. de la Ville, Via GaudenzioFerrari, R. 21/2, omn. 1/2fr.; Alb. TreRe, clean), the Roman xVovana,an episcopal town and formerly a fortress, with 17,600 inhab., wasthe scene of a victory gained by the Austrians under Radetzky overthe Piedmontese in 1849, which led to the abdication of CharlesAlbert (in the Palazzo Bellini, see p. 68). ^Jcanodossola-
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From the station we follow the Via Garibaldi to the PiazzaCavoiir. A little to the W., at the end of the Via Gaudenzio Ferrari,rises the church of San Gaudenzio, erected about 1570 by Tibaldi,with a dome 390 ft. high, a,dded by Antonelli (p. 39) in 1875-78.The church, without aisles, in imitation of Sant Andrea at Mantua,contains (2ud chapel to the left) a large altar-piece by Oaud. 5* 68 Route 16. MAGENTA. Ferrari (1514, restored in 1902). The tower commands a wide■view. — To the S., in the Via Negroni, rises the Palazzo Bellini,built by P. Tibaldi; the facade dates from about 1680, the prettyrococo decoration of the interior from the 18th century. The Cathedral, originally an early-Christian edifice, has beenentirely altered by rebuilding and by additions due to Antonelli.It contains frescoes by Bern. Lanini and a Marriage of St. Catharine,by Gaud. Ferrari. On the opposite side of the entrance-court is anearly-Romanesque Baptistery. — A few yards to the W. is a marblestatue of

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  • booksubject:Italy____Guidebooks
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