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VILLAFRANCA DI VERONA

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 68 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VERONA , a See also:town of See also:Venetia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of Verona, 11 m. S.S.W. of Verona, on the railway to See also:Mantua, 174 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (1901) 5037 (town); 9635 (See also:commune). It has considerable See also:silk See also:industries. Here preliminaries of See also:peace were signed between See also:Napoleon III. and the Austrians in 1859 after the See also:battle of See also:Solferino. Five See also:miles to the N. is See also:Custozza, where the Italians were defeated by the Austrians in 1848 and 1866. Villafranca is a See also:common See also:place name in Italy.

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