Common description
Brescia is a fairly large city in northern Italy, the second largest and most economically developed city of Lombardy. Until our time, the city has retained the features of a traditional Roman layout.
The city is rich in architectural heritage, for example, the ruins of the Roman Forum and the monastery of San Salvatore Santa Giulia were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2011. Also, the town hall of the 11th – 13th centuries and the Duomo Vecchio Cathedral of the 11th – 15th centuries are also of historical and cultural value. ., renaissance and baroque palaces and churches.
Brescia's middle name is the “Armory Capital”, since dozens of weapons workshops have been operating here since the Middle Ages.
This city is also noteworthy in that every year in May it becomes the "capital" of the famous race of rare cars Mille Miglia. It starts from Rome and ends on the main square of the city. A limited number of cars are involved in the race, the release date of which is before 1957.
The city is rich in architectural heritage, for example, the ruins of the Roman Forum and the monastery of San Salvatore Santa Giulia were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2011. Also, the town hall of the 11th – 13th centuries and the Duomo Vecchio Cathedral of the 11th – 15th centuries are also of historical and cultural value. ., renaissance and baroque palaces and churches.
Brescia's middle name is the “Armory Capital”, since dozens of weapons workshops have been operating here since the Middle Ages.
This city is also noteworthy in that every year in May it becomes the "capital" of the famous race of rare cars Mille Miglia. It starts from Rome and ends on the main square of the city. A limited number of cars are involved in the race, the release date of which is before 1957.
Brescia on map
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