Saluzzo

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Saluzzo is a town and former principality in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont region, Italy.

The city of Saluzzo is built on a hill overlooking a vast, well-cultivated plain. Iron, lead, silver, marble, slate etc. are found in the surrounding mountains.

It has a population of approximately 16,000.

Saluzzo was the birthplace of Silvio Pellico and of typographer Giambattista Bodoni.
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Coordinates:   44°38'32"N   7°29'13"E
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