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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 877 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MORTARA , a See also:

town of See also:Lombardy, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Pavia, 354 ft. above See also:sea-level, a railway junction situated between the See also:Ticino and the Po, 32 M. by See also:rail S.W. of See also:Milan. Pop. (1901), 7298 (town); 8697 (See also:commune). Lines run to Milan, Pavia, See also:Alessandria, Casale Monferrato and See also:Vercelli. The See also:church of See also:San Lorenzo is in the See also:Gothic See also:style of the 14th See also:century with a See also:brick See also:facade. Outside the town is the Lombard Romanesque church of S. See also:Albino. Mortara has See also:iron-See also:works and manufactures of hats and See also:cheese. Here the Austrians defeated the Piedmontese in 1849.

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