Brescia (ita)

Brescia

Brescia ranks 342nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nicosia, Toledo, Ohio, and Modena. Memorable people born in Brescia include Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Desiderius, and Giacomo Agostini. Memorable people who died in Brescia include Angela Merici, Benedetto Marcello, and Gasparo da Salò. Brescia has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many religious figures and politicians. Brescia is located in Italy.

Brescia is a city and comune (municipality) in the region of Lombardy, in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. With a population of more than 200,000, it is the second largest city in Lombardy and the fourth largest in northwest Italy. The urban area of Brescia extends beyond the administrative city limits and has a population of 672,822, while over 1.5 million people live in its metropolitan area. The city is the administrative capital of the Province of Brescia, one of the largest in Italy, with over 1,200,000 inhabitants. Read more on Wikipedia