Brescia
a city in central Lombardy, in N Italy.
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History Of Florence And Of The Affairs Of Italy Niccolo Machiavelli
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature John Addington Symonds
Vittoria, Complete George Meredith
The Empress Josephine Louise Muhlbach
Vittoria, Complete George Meredith
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte William Milligan Sloane
Vittoria, Complete George Meredith
The Venetian School of Painting Evelyn March Phillipps
The Empress Josephine Louise Muhlbach
noun
a city in N Italy, in Lombardy: at its height in the 16th century. Pop: 187 567 (2001) Ancient name Brixia (ˈbrɪksɪə)
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