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Brescia

Southern Europe

Brescia is an Italian comune and the capital of the province of Brescia in Lombardy, with about 202,000 inhabitants, which makes it the second most populous centre of the region after Milan. The Italian article traces its origins to about 1200 BC, when a population probably of Ligurians built a settlement there; under the Romans it became the Colonia Civica Augusta Brixia named by Augustus. In 1438 the Venetian Senate proclaimed it the lioness and worthy bride of the Lion and gave it the title Brixia fidelis Fidei et Iustitiae, which is carved on the front of the Palazzo della Loggia. The Teatro Grande, founded in 1664, is among its civic buildings.

Facts
Population
202,000 1
Founding Year
1200 BCE 1
Founding Year
1200 BCE 1
Population Estimate Year
2026 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 1
Climate Zone
Temperate 2
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
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Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo

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Romanino

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Brescia Calcio

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Source Brescia Calcio (Wikipedia)Lead, home country or city
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was an Italian football club based in Brescia, Lombardy
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1. Brescia (Italian Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: elevation_m
    149
  • Introduction or infobox
    è un comune italiano di 202 000 abitanti
  • History
    Le origini di Brescia risalgono al 1200 a.C.
  • On Continent: Europe, Introduction
    è un comune italiano di 202 000 abitanti
  • Part Of: Italy, Introduction
    è un comune italiano di 202 000 abitanti
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Lead
    Brescia (Italian: [ˈbreʃʃa], locally [ˈbreːʃa]; Brescian: Brèsa [ˈbrɛsɔ, ˈbrɛhɔ, ˈbrɛsa, ˈbrɛha]; Venetian: Bressa or Bresa; Latin: Brixia) is a city and comune (municipality) in the region of Lombardy, in Italy.
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2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 45.75, 10.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 45.75, 10.25
45.75 10.25 Cfb
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3. GeoNames: Brescia - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3181554, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 3181554, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
45.53558 10.21472 P PPLA2 IT 09 BS 017029 200423 149 146 Europe/Rome
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