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Mortara

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a town of Lombardy, Italy, in the province of Pavia, 354 ft. above sea-level, a railway junction situated between the Ticino and the Po, 32 m. by rail S. W. of Milan. Pop. (Igor), 7298 (town); 8697 (commune). Lines run to Milan, Pavia, Alessandria, Casale Monferrato and Vercelli. The church of San Lorenzo is in the Gothic style of the 14th century with a brick façade. Outside the town is the Lombard Romanesque church of S. Albino. Mortara has iron-works and manufactures of hats and cheese. Here the Austrians defeated the Piedmontese in 1849.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Mortara'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​m/mortara.html. 1910.
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