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    Pinerolo (redirect from Pignerol)
    pronunciation: [pineˈrɔːlo]; Piedmontese: Pinareul [pinaˈrøl]; French: Pignerol; Occitan: Pineròl) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin...
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    decision, "commuted" the sentence to life imprisonment at the fort of Pignerol and confiscation of Fouquet's property.:167 He also launched a vendetta...
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  • while incarcerated on the island of Sainte-Marguerite. Another prisoner at Pignerol was Eustache Dauger, the so-called Man in the Iron Mask, which some have...
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    a letter to Bénigne Dauvergne de Saint-Mars, governor of the prison of Pignerol (which at the time was part of France). In his letter, Louvois informed...
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  • Dauger arrives in Pignerol where he is imprisoned under the custody of governor Saint-Mars. 1671 – Imprisonment of Lauzun in Pignerol 1679 – Imprisonment...
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    secured his arrest. He was removed in November 1671 from the Bastille to Pignerol, where excessive precautions were taken to ensure that he was firmly held...
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    cession to the King of France of the Three Bishoprics, Alsace, Brisach and Pignerol; the second is the act of cession of Alsace to the King of France. This...
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    Officer-in-Charge of the donjon (the main tower) of the fortress Pinerolo (in French Pignerol, 40 kilometers WSW of Turin, Italy), which then belonged to France. Saint-Mars...
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    Strasbourg, the Bishopric of Strasbourg, and Mulhouse) and the city of Pignerol near the Spanish Duchy of Milan. Sweden received an indemnity of five million...
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    of the remaining French held towns, as leader of the Supreme Council of Pignerol. Moving into French service in France, he served as a diplomat in securing...
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  • Masque de Fer (hardcover) (in French). Paris: Plon. Lacroix, Paul (1836). Pignerol, histoire du temps de Louis XIV, 1680 (hardcover; 2 vol.) (in French) (1st ed...
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    The Diocese of Pinerolo (Latin: Dioecesis Pineroliensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the administrative province of Turin of Piedmont...
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    mayorquin; the secondary grapes are clairette, bourboulenc, chardonnay, pignerol, and muscat. Palette AOC; the little village of Palete, four kilometres...
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  • (United States 2000) Piccola nera Italy, Trieste Piedirosso Italy, Campania Pignerol France, Provence wine Pignola Valtellinese Italy, Valtellina Pignolo Italy...
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    northern Italy: near Turin ("Thurin"), Cherasco ("Quiers"), Pinerolo (Pignerol, "Pinerol"), Chivasso ("Chivaz") and Villanova d'Asti ("Villeneufve d'Ast")...
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    an official reason released. He was taken to the Bastille and then the Pignerol fortress, where he remained until 1681 despite making several attempts...
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    northern Italy: near Turin ("Thurin"), Cherasco ("Quiers"), Pinerolo (Pignerol, "Pinerol"), Chivasso ("Chivaz") and Villanova d'Asti ("Villeneufve d'Ast")...
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    include Chardonnay, Clairette, Mayorquin, Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains, Pignerol, Braquet and Roussanne. Though the white wines receive more international...
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    being bishop of Geneva, the new Savoy bishop resided most of the time in Pignerol in Piedmont, another factor enhancing the alienation between the people...
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    mobile treadmill powered locomotive was made by Clemente Masserano from Pignerol in Italy. The idea was not new, but previous attempts in England, France...
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    name of his hometown, Pinerolo, whose name is Pinareul in Piedmontese (or Pignerol in French) and was corrupted in popular speech as Peñarol. Parish Church...
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  • (except Strasbourg, the Diocese of Strasbourg, and Mulhouse) and the city of Pignerol from the Spanish Duchy of Milan (Peace of Westphalia). The Mughal Empire...
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    through when Cardinal Mazarin refused to include the stronghold-castle of Pignerol in her dowry. For similar reasons, an offer made by the Duke of Lorraine...
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    Luxembourg (20 students); Alsace and other Germanic territories (15); Pignerol and the Papal states (15); Roussillon, Conflent, and Cerdagne (10). Jean-Baptiste...
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    prisoner identified as "Eustache Dauger", arrives at the French fortress of Pignerol, with Bénigne Dauvergne de Saint-Mars in charge of his incarceration. The...
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    response to a request from Bishop Rey who had previously worked with them in Pignerol, five Sisters arrived in Annecy on 7 May 1833. The new Congregation grew...
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    400 prisoners, on October 29, 1799. He then met the enemy entrenched at Pignerol, disrupted them and captured Saluces on November 1, 1800. In 1800, Duhesme...
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    for sixty young nobles from the recently annexed provinces of Alsace, Pignerol, Artois and Roussillon. The architect Le Vau is selected to design the...
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    commissioned memoirs to justify the King of France's claim to the fortress of Pignerol. That same year, 1630, Louis XIII considered Ardier to succeed Charles...
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    Salza di Pinerolo (Vivaro-Alpine: Salsa, French: Salze-de-Pignerol) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region...
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