Italy: handbook for travellersFirst Part, Northern Italy . ay affords an admirable survey of the lake and thepeninsula of Sermione (p. 83), connected with the land by anarrow isthmus. The venerable castle with its pinnacles andtower is especially conspicuous. Next stat. Pozzolengo. In this district, extending from thebanks of the lake to a point considerably beyond Guidizzolo (onthe road from Brescia to Mantua), the obstinate and sanguinarybattle of Solferino was fought on June 24th, 1859, between theunited French and Italian armies and that of Austria. Thedefeat of the latter shortly afterwar
Italy: handbook for travellersFirst Part, Northern Italy . ay affords an admirable survey of the lake and thepeninsula of Sermione (p. 83), connected with the land by anarrow isthmus. The venerable castle with its pinnacles andtower is especially conspicuous. Next stat. Pozzolengo. In this district, extending from thebanks of the lake to a point considerably beyond Guidizzolo (onthe road from Brescia to Mantua), the obstinate and sanguinarybattle of Solferino was fought on June 24th, 1859, between theunited French and Italian armies and that of Austria. Thedefeat of the latter shortly afterwards led to the Peace of Villa-franca (p. 209). The total extent of the line of battle amountedto upwards of 15 M. The village of Solferino (Inn, good redwine; guides) lies on the heights to the S., about 5 M. fromthe railway; carriage thither and back, from stat. Desenzano 15 fr. The train next reaches (in 20 min. from Desenzano) Pe-schiera (^Railway Restaurant; Tre Corone, dear), a fortified townsituated at the extremity of the Lago di Garda, at the. Duomo Nttovo. BRES1A. 28. Route. 193 Brescia (482 ft.) vied with Milan at the commencement ofthe 16th cent, as one of the wealthiest cities of Lombardy , butin 1512 was sacked and burned by the French under Oaston deFoix, after an obstinate defence. Five years later Brescia wasrestored to the dominions of Venice, to which it belonged till1797, but it has never recovered its ancient importance. OnApril 1st, 1849, the town was bombarded and taken by theAustrians under Haynau, traces of which event are still visibleon many of the buildings. The town, with 35,000 inhab. and numerous iron-works, isdelightfully situated at the base of the Alps. Previous to theevents of 1848 the town and its environs constituted a vast ma-nufactory of weapons (Brescia Iarmata), which furnished alarge proportion of the arms used by the Austrian army. Atthe present day its energies are devoted to the service of Duomo Nuovo (PI. 5), or episcop
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