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9 unusual facts about Magenta


A.S.D.C. Magenta

Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Calcio Magenta is an Italian association football club located in Magenta, Lombardy.

Annamaria Mazzetti

Annamaria Mazzetti (born 25 August 1988 in Magenta, Lombardy, Provincia di Milano) is an Italian professional triathlete and 2009 National Champion in three categories (Duathlon Sprint, Triathlon Sprint, Olympic Distance).

Boffalora sopra Ticino

Boffalora sopra Ticino borders the following municipalities: Marcallo con Casone, Bernate Ticino, Magenta, Trecate, Cerano.

Marcallo con Casone

Marcallo con Casone borders the following municipalities: Ossona, Mesero, Santo Stefano Ticino, Bernate Ticino, Magenta, Boffalora sopra Ticino.

Porta Magenta

The former name was after Vercelli as the gate controlled the road connecting Milan to this city; the latter name was chosen to celebrate the Battle of Magenta, a decisive victory in the Second Italian War of Independence.

Both names "Porta Magenta" and "Porta Vercellina" refer to cities located west of Milan (respectively Magenta and Vercelli).

The gate was renamed "Porta Magenta" in 1860, to celebrate the victorious Battle of Magenta.

Santo Stefano Ticino

Santo Stefano Ticino borders the following municipalities: Arluno, Ossona, Marcallo con Casone, Corbetta, and Magenta.

Turin–Milan railway

The bridge over the river connecting to the existing railway from Milan at Magenta was opened on 1 June 1859.


Count Johann Bernhard von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen

After the defeat of Magenta Rechberg accompanied the emperor to Italy, and he had to meet the crisis caused by a war for which he was not responsible.

Dombeya acutangula

The natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests but it is almost extinct due to habitat loss; some 50 plants remain in the wild, growing in a narrowly circumscribed area at Corps de garde, Trois Mamelles, Yemen, Magenta and Chamarel.

Electronic paper

The array of pixels is divided into triads, typically consisting of the standard cyan, magenta and yellow, in the same way as CRT monitors (although using subtractive primary colors as opposed to additive primary colors).

Ephemeral Museum

Bairro Alto exhibits the works of international artists Dolk and Jef Aerosol, as well as national artists in the making such as Efeito Magenta and O Colectivo Bitmap.

French ironclad Magenta

At the time of the accident, Magenta had a cargo of Carthaginian antiques, notably 2080 punic stelae (Tophet, 2nd century BC) and a marble statue of Vibia Sabina (Thasos, c. 127-128 AD), found in 1874 by the Pricot de Sainte-Marie mission.

Military of Austria-Hungary

The Austrians were defeated after bitter fighting at Magenta and Solferino, the young Emperor Franz Joseph assuming personal command during the Battle of Solferino.

Over at the Frankenstein Place

On the Rocky Horror Picture Show DVD commentary with Richard O'Brien (Riff-Raff) and Patricia Quinn (Magenta), O'Brien confessed being extremely nervous during the opening of the Rocky Horror Show.

Peristrophe roxburghiana

; also called magenta plant, or lá cẩm in Vietnamese) is a flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae, native to southeastern Asia from Assam south to Sri Lanka and east to mainland Southeast Asia, Java, southern China, and Taiwan.

Return to Magenta

Willy DeVille lived for a time on Boulevard de Magenta in Paris, which may account for the album's name, Return to Magenta.

Serpent Model Racing Cars

Following its takeover, there had been a few changes to the company, although the hissing snake symbol has never been changed since the beginning, the company's colour scheme has changed from magenta to the national Dutch colour scheme of orange and the logo has also been changed before the takeover.


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