H I . I f A L ï A N S T A T I '§„
T a x N ó r t h è r ï ï P a Bt o f IY a l y .
" PiedmnU—Milan.—Mantua.—Parma and Placentia.—Modena.—Genoa.
THIS largeft' diVxfion formerly ^offipofed the extenfiye territories
fubjeél to Venice, and the king; of Sardinia, with Milan and
Mantua appanages of the'houfe of Auftria, the principalities of Parma
and Modena, and the long mountainous ftrip belbngiiig' to the Genoefe.
But the greater part of the Venetian pofleffions to -the river Adige has
" become fiibjed■ to Auftna, and Prance has feized on Sa,voy .with the
Extsht. . county of Nice, and fmall principality of Monaco. This part of Italy
therefore is^ now about 20o, miles in length,from the Adige- to nSont
Blanc, and about iao in breadth, from the gulph of Genoa to the Swifs
frontier. This fertile region is by the French éohfotuted a republic,
under the name of Gifalpine, an erroneous application of the aftréïënt
name Cifalpine Gaul; as on the contrary the proper appellation, derived,
with the projefted government,'from France, Ought,tó* baVé Been
the TranCdpine, or the Paduan republic, as the country, is pervaded and.
•„ fertilized'by the Po.* ^ # ;
Piedmont The inoft extenfive province o f this divifion is Piedmont, foil about
150 Englifh miles in length by 100 of medial breadth. This principality
was part of the ancient kingdom of Lombardy, and formed a part
- of thé gradual acquisitions of the counts afterwards dukes óf Savoy, and
. latterly kings of Sardinia. While the revenue of Sardinia was eftimated
at 1,085,0001., Piedmont contributed 953,750b, Savoy -8.7,5001.,. and
Sardinia only 43,7501. This delightful province enjoys a mild and pure
* Piedmont is excluded from thisnew republic; which on, the other hand embraced thepapal
. territories o f Ferrara, Bologna, and Romagna. T h e reft o f Italy was once the Roman and Neapolitan
republics.
5 air,
air,: ahd Kiflfekbjfeed! fertility' ig g foil, ' the0 plains1 produting wheat,
1 Æe^éflih. alîâ tlVeJpâ’ft’ùra'gés aböUrtd with
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fofrfè YraftP q|-}axgfe 'fgtaVel fef Ótfgh^dtPwh ^frbtn fed' rivéPâ ; 'but thé
; Keyflef
B i i M fogs, ö f aufumh’t iïê ! winPef,’ rifl^T lom the Po ‘and other
th f o ü g ^ ^ part lid frthe ^fdviri.cê, arpraéiiecf
With gifeil;
à feM ty ' 'h T h ^ ü # é u lid iM ^M p s care ¥ich in 'minerals,'*
Th^ Alpihe ch’aftt-^ffcWSf^ G ' Cëi’il' lf»of prodigious
height^ païtó&lafly'' MtlunV ;Kdfà; âr h |r th t^ '% ^ |id a r y ’ ê f Pfodfeont,
arid füpfcofétffo 8 ?theîiati8iéA>?tlÇîolfs SflSdis'; bütfetrm 'MMfKV.èeniS
it lhéS^me#1gf‘adl?aliy 'Icrt^eV;' till' thé* A t^hn^felllprànch ou^bkiyeêK
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ihérouÿlfréài&'s'dèfc^n^ôh a irh â h d |^% M fii^ ‘‘{hë plaisfe, aihd’ thë'KiVet
P fc o fotöi| at Gefeföir*a veftrbaf or
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‘âboiiPhalf a%'îk from'VertezY k fall'KîfeoVè \h% ^ c )6 Y;Kh*b|n si ‘ The
cé^pbr mides in the duchy‘d f Aofta' âré*flümerôu% ; ”apé iK^ïom'ë'places
tms‘;metal is^ccömpaniëd "With1 - à ^ t i f n ' ô r f y ; " ; , In fe e
fùpërtdrYeg&'ns near' Macughkg*à'*'théfê^t f r é * ! fobrtd in
’m^rckfite'anilfiHmh in the"vale of Sfefia âfè?tW'^blcTmines' o f St.
M a rm a ri$ Cavavecchia, alfo-cmritârmng « v e r. Gold’Is liKewife' foUnd^ra
mouhtarhstfoY GhBlanri Wear' the valeof ’ AoÔY p" a%<YYfië*Yo¥ffeht' Evëri-
'foh Yolk? doqjn pebbles Iff qdartz, verried''w illf that precioùs metals Not
for to the eaft’ o f ’Móünt 'Bl’anb, V rich" 'vein t>F‘ cÔ&klt ‘has bee^hh^fntly
difeoverfed and pliiinbago Or black lead 1h à ^ lue'^v't)tblf l^ ê a 3fe e^r 'fe6
baths o f Binay. But it' wduîô hemfinit^fei^efâ#feB^mifoît^iB',ô^U-
lence of Piedmont, which fpreâding " to the fbuth of the higheft Alpè^
alnaoft rivals the: fouthern fide of the Carpathians in Hungary.
The chief city of Pieclmbnt-is Turin, fuppofed to contain mote than
80,000 inhabitants, With an univerfity founded in 1405' by Amadeo
duke of Savoy, this city , having been fubjefît to the family fince A. D.
J Sec Mémoire de M. Robilant fur la minéralogie de Piémont. Joum. de3 Mines, No. $o, t
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