manufactures ball bearings, the Trombini Group (ex Annovati), which supplies the furniture industry with chipboard, and PMT Italia, which supplies the pulp and paper industry with paper machines. Moreover, Pinerolo is the trade center of the surrounding mountain area. The agriculture and the breeding of the livestock are conducted with advanced techniques. Pinerolo is the centre of the community called Comunità Montana Pinerolese Pedemontano, and the reference city for three valleys: Val Chisone, and . Pinerolo is famous for being the house city of the first society of mutual help, foundend in 1848. Today, it is still active and also hosts a museum, the Museo Storico del Mutuo Soccorso with historic archives and a library. Health assistance is guaranteed by the Civil Hospital of Pinerolo Ospedale E. Agnelli and by a network of public and private health assistance centres. The Public assistance is inserted in the bigger frame of the Local Sanitary Company (or Azienda Sanitaria Locale ASL TO3). Main sights Pinerolo Cathedral: 9th century Roman Catholic church with a Romanesque bell tower and a Gothic façade (restored after the 1808 earthquake) San Maurizio: Gothic style church Galup factory, which is famous for the local sweets and cake Historical center Train station Town hall Historic Museum of Mutual Help Museum of Chivalry People People born in Pinerolo include: Lidia Poët (1855-1949), the first Italian female lawyer and an important figure in female emancipation Luigi Facta (1861-1930), politician, journalist and last Prime Minister of Italy before the dictatorship of Benito Mussolini Ferruccio Parri (1890-1981), partisan and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy for several months in 1945 Patrizia Polliotto (1962-), Italian corporate lawyer, entrepreneur Fabio Miretti (2003-), professional football player who currently plays as a midfielder for club Juventus People who died here include: Anna Canalis di Cumiana (1680-1769) (morganatic spouse of King Victor Amadeus) died in the convent here. Nicolas Fouquet, marquis de Belle-Île, vicomte de Melun et Vaux, (1615–1680) superintendent of Finances in France under Louis XIV, was imprisoned in Pignerol from 1665 until his death in 1680. David Llewellyn Snellgrove (29 June 1920 - 25 March 2016), a British Tibetologist noted for his pioneering work on Buddhism in Tibet as well as his many travelogues. The "Man in the Iron Mask" was imprisoned in Pinerolo starting from 1669. The Venerable Bruno Lanteri, priest and founder of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary, died here in 1830.