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LEGNANO

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 380 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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 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. 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 in 1876, while there is another by Butti erected in woo in the Piazza Federico Barbarossa.

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