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The siege of Turin took place from June to September 1706, during the War of the Spanish Succession. A French army led by Louis de la Feuillade besieged the Savoyard capital of Turin , whose relief by Prince Eugene of Savoy has been called the most brilliant campaign of the war in Italy. [ 5 ]
The 1640 siege of Turin (22 May–20 September 1640) was a major action in two distinct wars: the Franco-Spanish War (1635–59) and the Piedmontese Civil War.When Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano and his Piedmontese faction captured Turin, the French garrison supporting the Regent Christine Marie of France retired within the citadel and continued to resist.
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It is the symbol of the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, northern Italy. It is the biggest alpine fortification in Europe , having a surface area of 1,300,000 m². The fortress, built by Savoy between 1728 and 1850 under the design of the architect Ignazio Bertola , guards the access to Turin via the Chisone valley and stands at altitudes ...
This category includes historical sieges in which (County or Duchy of Savoy–1003) participated.Please see the category guidelines for more information.. For later sieges (1714-1861), see Category:Battles involving the Kingdom of Sardinia
Until 1705, the parish church of the town was within the walls of the medieval fort, but it was destroyed that year by the besieging French armies en route to the Siege of Turin. Count Scaglia lobbied to rebuild the church in his neighborhood, thus reconstruction of a parish church was delayed until 1749, and the design was assigned to the ...
Piazza Vittorio Veneto, also known as Piazza Vittorio, is a city square in Turin, Italy, which takes its name from the Battle of Vittorio Veneto in 1918. During the construction of an underground carpark in 2004, workers uncovered 22 skeletons dating from the early 18th century; a study published in 2019 indicates these are almost certainly ...