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MAGENTA

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 304 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MAGENTA , a See also:

town of See also:Lombardy, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Milan, 16 m. by See also:rail W. of Milan See also:city, 364 ft. about See also:sea-levelsituated in the midst of See also:rice-See also:fields. Pop. (19o1), 8012. It manufactures silks and matches, and is famous for the See also:battle (1859) in which the allied See also:French and Piedmontese defeated the Austrians (see See also:ITALIAN See also:WARS). A memorial See also:chapel and a See also:monument were erected on the battle-See also:field in 1862.

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