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MELEGNANO (formerly Marignano)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 93 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MELEGNANO (formerly Marignano)  , a
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town of
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Lombardy, Italy, in the province of Milan, 11 m . S.E. of that city by the railway to Piacenza, 289 ft. above sea-level . Pop . (1901), 6782 . There are remains of a castle of the
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Visconti . Its military importance is due to its position at the
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crossing of the
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river Lambro . It was a stronghold of Milan in her
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great struggle against
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Lodi, and is famous for the victory of Francis of France over the Swiss in 1515, known as the
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battle .of Marignan, and for the
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action between the French and Austrians in 1859 .

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