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Busto Arsizio
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.
Busto Arsizio is a municipality in the region of Lombardy, in northern Italy, 25 kilometers north of Milan in the province of Varese. The economy of Busto Arsizio is chiefly based on industry and commerce.
By the half of the 19th century modern industry started to take over strongly. In a few decades, Busto Arsizio became the so-called Manchester of Italy. In 1865, it was granted city privileges by King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy. The town kept on growing for more than a century, only slightly damaged even by World War II, when it was major industrial center of war production.
After the war, the city turned in time increasingly on the right of the political spectrum, as its bigger industries in the 60s and 70s decayed, to be replaced by many familiar small enterprises and a new service-based economy. Busto Arsizio is the host for the Federazione Italiana Sport Croquet, the lawns being located at the Cascina Del Lupo sporting centre just outside the town. Busto Arsizio is an attractive city with natural beauty and historical places, while traveling in Italy.
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