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Pinerolo (pēnārô`lō), Fr. Pignerol, city (1991 pop. 35,331), Piedmont, NW Italy, at the foot of the Alps. It is an agricultural and industrial center. Manufactures include paper, textiles, machinery, chemicals, and processed food. First mentioned in the 10th cent., Pinerolo was a strongly fortified citadel that passed to the house of Savoy in the 13th cent. It was often in French hands from 1536 to 1814, and the fortress was made a French state prison. Nicolas Fouquet Fouquet or Foucquet, Nicolas ..... Click the link for more information. , an official of Louis XIV, died in the citadel after 19 years of imprisonment (1680), and the Man with the Iron Mask was held there for some years after his seizure in 1679. The city has an 11th-century cathedral (frequently restored). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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PMT Italia, Pinerolo, Italy has successfully started up the new headbox MHI-CIV at Cartiera Lucchesse's Porcari mill in Lucca, Italy. It may be useful to know on what pages Pinerolo or Uppsala are mentioned, but help in locating discussions of lectorate, sermons or philosophy may be of greater utility. Lidia Po[ddot{e}]t, a member of the Waldensian sect from the town of Pinerolo near Turin, is the most elusive of these four pioneers. |
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