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Villafranca Di Verona

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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A town of Venetia, Italy, in the province of Verona, i 1 m. S.S.W. of Verona, on the railway to Mantua, 174 ft. above sea-level. Pop. (1901) 5037 (town); 9635 (commune). It has considerable silk industries. Here preliminaries of peace were signed between Napoleon III. and the Austrians in 1859 after the battle of Solferino. Five miles to the N. is Custozza, where the Italians were defeated by the Austrians in 1848 and 1866. Villafranca is a common place name in Italy.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Villafranca Di Verona'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​v/villafranca-di-verona.html. 1910.
 
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