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Brescia
Italy, officially the Italian Republic or Repubblica Italiana, is a Southern European country comprising of the Po River valley, the Italian Peninsula and the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. It is shaped like a boot and for this reason Italians commonly call it lo Stivale, the boot or, due to its prevalent peninsular geographical nature, la Penisola, the Peninsula.
Brescia is a city in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 190,000. It is the second largest city in Lombardy, after the capital Milan. The city is the administrative capital of the Province of Brescia, one of the largest in Italy, with about 1,200,000 inhabitants. The ancient city of Brixia, Brescia has been an important regional centre since pre-Roman times and a number of Roman and medieval monuments are preserved, among which is the prominent castle.
The Capitoline Temple, invaded by the Gauls Cenomani, allied of the Insubri, in the 4th century BC, Before Crist, it became their capital. During the Carthaginian Wars Brixia was usually allied of the Romans: in 202 BCE it was part of a Celt confederation against them, but, after a secret agreement, changed side and attacked by surprise the Insubri, destroying them. Subsequently the city and the tribe entered peacefully in the Roman world as a faithful allied, mantaining a certain administrative freedom. In 89 BCE it was recognized as city and in 41 BCE received the Roman citizenship. The Roman Brixia had at least three temples, an aqueduct, an amphitheater, a forum with a further temple built under Vespasianus and some baths.
After the end of the Napoleonic era, Brescia was annexed to the Austrian puppet state called Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia. It distinguished for the revolt called the Ten Days of Brescia, for which the poet Giosue Carducci called it Leonessa d'Italia. Brescia was annexed to Italy in 1859.
The city was awarded a Gold Medal for its resistance against Fascism, in the late World War II. On May 28, 1974, it was the seat of the bloody Piazza della Loggia bombing. Presently, Brescia experiences a sharp social, economic and population growth derivative of the strategic position of the locality and the high level of well-being and quality of life that is enjoyed with respect to other places. This fact has consolidated along with other adjacent municipalities, as a great alternative for residence.
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