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See also:MONZA (locally Monscia) , a See also:city of See also:Lombardy, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Milan, 8 m. by See also:rail N.N.E. of that city, with which it is also connected by both See also:steam and electric trams. It lies on the Lambro, a tributary of the Po, 532 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (1906), 32,000 (See also:town); 53,33o(See also:commune). Of the See also:medieval fortifications little remains See also:save the See also:Porto d'Agrate. Near it is the nunnery in which the See also:nun of Monza (see See also:Manzoni's Promessi sposi) was enclosed. The See also:cathedral of St rohn Baptist is the See also:principal See also:object of See also:interest; Theodelinda's See also:basilica of 590 was enlarged at the See also:close of the 13th See also:century by throwing the See also:atrium into the See also:main See also:building, and the See also:present See also:fine blackand-See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:marble See also:facade was erected about the See also:middle of the 14th by Matteo da Campione, and restored in '899-1901. On the See also:left-See also:hand See also:side of the front rises an incongruous See also:brick-built See also:tower, 278 ft. high, erected by Pellegrini in 1592-1606. Within 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 are the See also:iron See also:crown of Lombardy, supposed to have been beaten out of one of the nails used at the Crucifixion. and the See also:treasury containing the See also:relics of Theodelinda, comprising her crown, See also:fan and See also:comb of See also:gold, and the See also:golden See also:hen and seven chickens, representing Lombardy and her seven provinces, and crosses, reliquaries, &c., of the Lombard and See also:Gothic periods. The interior ha s been modernized; there is a fine See also:relief by Matteo da Campione in the See also:organ-See also:loft, representing the See also:coronation of a See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king, and some 15th-century frescoes with scenes from the See also:life of Theodelinda. Next to the cathedral in See also:artistic importance come the church of See also:Santa Maria in Istrada, and the broletto or old See also:palace of the commune, usually styled the Arengario; the former (founded in 1357) has a See also:rich terra-See also:cotta facade of 1393, and the latter is raised on a See also:system of pointed See also:arches, and has a tall square tower terminating in machicolations surrounding a See also:sharp central See also:cone. The royal palace of Monza (built in 1777 for the See also:archduke See also:Ferdinand) lies not far from the town on the See also:banks of the Lambro. See also:Cotton goods and See also:felt hats are the See also:staple products of the flourishing Monza See also:industry; then See also:dyeing, organ-building, and a See also:publishing See also:trade.
Monza (anc. Modicia) was not a See also:place of consequence till it attracted the See also:eye of See also:Theodoric; and its first important associations are with Theodelinda. During the See also:period of the republics Monza was sometimes See also:independent, sometimes subject to Milan. The See also:Visconti, who ultimately became masters of the city, built a See also:castle in 1325 on the site now occupied by the Palazzo Durini. In the course of its See also:history Monza stood See also:thirty-two sieges, and was repeatedly plundered-notably by the forces of See also:Charles V. The countship (1499-1796) was See also:purchased in 1546 by the wealthy banker Durini, and remained in his See also:family till the Revolution. At Monza King See also:Humbert was assassinated on the 29th of See also:July 1900.
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