SAVIGLIANO, a town of the kingdom of Sardinia, in the province and 8 miles E. of Saluzzo, in a fertile and beautiful region, watered by the Maira and other affluents of the Po. It is for the most part well built, and has a
Savile. fine market-place, lined with colonnades, and another very handsome public square. There are four good churches, a very beautiful oratory, several convents, a college and various schools, an infirmary, founding hospital, and other benevolent institutions. There are also here a theatre and large cavalry barracks. The manufactures of the town consist of woolen cloth, linen, silk, leather, candles, &c., and these articles, along with cattle, form the staple of the trade. Savigliano is a favourite place of residence of the nobility and gentry of the vicinity. It was formerly fortified, and has still some remains of the ancient walls. Here was fought a battle in 1799, in which the Austrians were defeated by the French. Pop. 16,500.