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Ch. IV.

THROUGH ITALY.

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CHAP. IV.

Turin, its History, Appearance, Edifices, Aca-
demy, and University—the Po—the Superga-
Consequences of the French Conquest—previous
Introduction of the French Language,Manners,
and Dress at Court— Observations on Dress in
General.
TURIN, like Genoa, though of ancient foun-
dation, can boast only of modern fame; with this
difference, that the reputation of the former is re-
cent, and almost confined to the last century,
while the glories of the latter rose early and
blazed through a series of active and eventful
ages. Augusta Taurinorum was the Roman ap-
pellation of this city, which it received when rais-
ed to the dignity of a Roman colony by Augustus.
Before that period it seems to have been men-
tioned only in general, as a town of the Taurini,
the Gallic tribe of whose territory it was the
capital.