LEGNANO , a See also:town of See also:Lombardy, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Milan, 17 M. N.W. of that See also:city by See also:rail, 682 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (1881) 7153, (1901) 18,285. The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of S. Magno, built in the See also:style of See also:Bramante by G. Lampugnano (1504-1529), contains an See also:altar-piece considered one of See also:Luini's best See also:works. There are also remains of a See also:castle of the See also:Visconti. Legnano is the seat of important See also:cotton and See also:silk See also:industries, with
See also:machine-shops, See also:boiler-works, and See also:dyeing and See also:printing of See also:woven goods, and See also:- THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)
thread. See also:Close by, the Lombard See also:League defeated See also:Frederick See also:Barbarossa in 1176; a See also:monument in See also:commemoration of the See also:battle was erected on the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field in 1876, while there is another by Butti erected in woo in the Piazza Federico Barbarossa.
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