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SOLFERRINO

Volume 20 · 47 words · 1860 Edition

a village of Lombardy, near Castiglione. It was formerly the seat of a prince of the same name, and has an old ruined castle; but it is chiefly remarkable for the victory gained here by the French and Sardinians over the Austrians, June 24, 1859. (See SARDINIA.)