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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 191 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GOITO , a See also:

village of See also:Lombardy, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Mantua, from which it is 11 m. N.W., on the road to See also:Brescia. Pop. (village) 737; (See also:commune) 5712. It is situated on the right See also:bank of the Mincio near the See also:bridge. Its position has given it a certain military importance in various See also:campaigns and it has been repeatedly fortified as a bridge-See also:head. The Piedmontese forces won two actions (8th of See also:April and 3oth of May 1848) over the Austrians here.

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