a town of Piedmont, near the Po, in the province and 16 miles south of the town of Turin. It is well built, and many of its streets and squares are ornamented with porticoes. It has a fine Gothic and several other churches, monasteries, hospital, and a considerable trade in silk, flax, hemp, corn, and cattle. Pop. about 12,000.

Francesco Bussone di, one of the most celebrated Condottieri of the early part of the fourteenth century, was born in Piedmont in 1390. He was captain-general of the Venetian army that several times defeated Visconti, Duke of Milan; but the Venetian state becoming jealous of him, he was recalled, imprisoned, tortured, and then beheaded in 1432, on accusations which are of doubtful character.