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The Battle of Piedmont was fought June 5, 1864, in the village of Piedmont, Augusta County, Virginia. Union Maj. Gen. David Hunter engaged Confederates under Brig. Gen. William E. "Grumble" Jones north of Piedmont. After severe fighting, Jones was killed and the Confederates were routed.
Location of Piedmont in Italy. Provinces of Piedmont. A view of Turin, the capital of the Piedmont region. The following is a list of the municipalities of Piedmont, Italy. [1] There are 1,181 municipalities in Piedmont (as of January 2019): 187 in the Province of Alessandria; 118 in the Province of Asti; 74 in the Province of Biella
English: Map of the region of Piedmont, Italy (Italian version) Date: 6 December 2010: Source: Own work: Author: Vonvikken: Other versions . W3C-validity not checked.
Savoyard state, circa 1700; note the County of Nice and Duchy of Savoy, today part of France. Northern Italy had been contested by France and the Habsburgs for centuries.Often referred to as 'Savoy', the Savoyard state was split into two main geographic segments; Piedmont, which contained the capital Turin, and the Duchy of Aosta, on the Italian side of the Alps, with the Duchy of Savoy and ...
Piedmont also borders Switzerland to the north and France to the west. Piedmont has an area of 25,402 km 2 (9,808 sq mi), making it the second-largest region of Italy after Sicily. As of 31 January 2021, the population was 4,269,714. The capital of Piedmont is Turin, which was also the capital of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1865.
Piedmont was the main part of the Kingdom of Sardinia which, despite its name, had its core on the mainland: the densely populated and rich Principality of Piedmont, with the capital city of Turin serving as royal residence. The rulers of Piedmont simply preferred to call themselves 'Kings of Sardinia' because the title 'king' was higher in ...
Predates the Italian solidarity movement of the mid 19th century. Includes the old Italian Duchy of Milan, the Province of Turn, they city-state of Nice, and the Republic of Genoa, among others. Color coded according to district. All in all, one of the most interesting and attractive atlas maps of Piedmont to appear in first years of the 19th ...