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The classical palaces and squares of Turin, Piedmont’s royal capital, are in many ways closer in spirit to France than the rest of Italy.
Piedmont (Piemonte)
With Savoy split in the 16th century between France and Switzerland, its foothill region southeast of the Alps, Piedmont, had come into the Italian orbit.
Each of the five areas has a principal city as a focus or starting point: Rome for central Italy, plus Sardinia; Florence for Tuscany, with Umbria, and the Adriatic seaside resorts to the east; Venice for Veneto, the Dolomites, and Emilia’s historic towns from Parma to Ravenna; Milan for Lombardy, Piedmont, and the Italian Riviera to the west; and Naples for the south and Sicily.
He opposed Piedmontese patricians and intellectuals of the Moderates party, seeking reform through a privilege-conscious confederation of Italian princes blessed by the papacy — with Piedmont providing the military muscle.