Torre Pellice

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 249

Torre Pellice (Fr. La Tour), a Piedmontese village of 2900 inhabitants, 34 miles SW. of Turin by rail. It is the headquarters of the Waldenses (q.v.), with a college, and some manufactures of cotton-cloth and silk.

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