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Ivrea
Ivrea , city (1991 pop. 24,704), Piedmont, NW Italy, on the Dora Baltea River. It is a commercial and industrial center, and it is the headquarters of Olivetti, an important Italian company. Manufactures include typewriters, computers, and textiles. A Roman town ( Eporedia ), it was later the capital of a Lombard duchy and then the seat of a marquisate. Berengar II , one of its rulers, was briefly king of Italy (mid-10th cent.). Ivrea passed to the house of Savoy in the 14th cent. The city is dominated by a picturesque castle (14th cent.), which has four red brick towers. |
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Ivrea
Ivrea, Piedmont/Italy Eporedia Derived from the original Roman name which seems to come from epo ‘horse’ and reda ‘a Gallic vehicle with four wheels’. This may refer to the practice of the local inhabitants of defending their town by means of horse‐drawn carts which could move quickly to confront the approach of any enemy.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Ivrea." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Ivrea." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Ivrea.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Ivrea." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Ivrea.html |
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