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unusual facts about Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia



Alahis

Finally, in 689, Cunipter issued forth with the men of Piedmont and defeated Alahis and the men of Venetia at the Battle of Coronate, on the Horn of the Adda, near Lodi.

Allonsanfàn

Against the backdrop of the Bourbon Restoration, Lombard aristocrat Fulvio Imbriani, a former political extremist who once served under Napoleon, is finally released from an Austrian jail, after a lengthy sentence for his part in the secret Sublime Brotherhood.

Ansprand

Many Austrians (the men of Venetia and the east) joined the returning regent and battle ensued near Pavia, between his forces and those of King Aripert II, who had usurped the throne.

Antonia Sautter

In three boutiques situated just behind Piazza San Marco (Saint Mark's Square) in Venice, Antonia Sautter sells her fashion creations – Fashion Venetia, hand dyed and hand printed silk velvet fabrics, shoes and bags, and home furnishings all following traditional Venetian artisan methods.

Ateste

Ateste (modern Este, Italy) was an ancient town of Venetia, at the southern foot of the Euganean hills, 43 feet above sea-level and 22 miles southwest of Patavium (modern Padua).

Battle of Palestro

After the battle of Montebello of 20 May 1859, the Franco-Piedmontese army moved towards Novara, aiming to reach Milan, the capital of Lombardy-Venetia, the Austrian province in northern Italy.

Battle of Vittorio Veneto

The Imperial army tried on one side to force the Tonale Pass and enter Lombardy, on the other side to make two converging thrusts into central Venetia, the first one southeastward from the Trentino, the second one southwestward across the lower Piave.

Dave Hannan

He currently resides in Venetia, PA.

Donatus of Zadar

According to tradition, St. Donatus brought the relics to Zadar from Constantinople, when he was there with the Venetian duke Beato.

Istrian stone

When Francesco, son of the architect Jacopo Sansovino, wrote Venetia citta nobilissima et singolare (1580) he emphasized the distinctive quality that Istrian stone and the coppery-red Verona brocatello limestone (so-called Veronese marble) lent to the city.

Milan–Monza railway

It was the first railway in the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, part of the Austrian Empire, opening in 1840 as the Imperiale Regno Privilegiata Strada Ferrata da Milano a Monza ("Imperial and Royal Privileged Railway from Milan to Monza") and was 12.8 km long.

Second Italian War of Independence

Most of Lombardy, with its capital Milan (excepting only the Austrian fortresses of Mantua and Legnago and the surrounding territory), was transferred from Austria to France, which would immediately cede these territories to Sardinia.

Venetia Williams

Venetia Williams (born Scorrier, Cornwall, England on 10 May 1960) is a British racehorse trainer specialising in National Hunt racing.


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