Brescia is an historic industrial city in northern Italy 84 km east of Milan. It is the capital of Brescia province. Brescia is beautifully situated at the foot of the Alps. Brescia was the seat of a school of painting of great merit, including Alessandro Bonvicino, commonly called 'Il Moretto', who flourished in the 16th century. The city was originally the chief town of the Cenomanni, and became the seat of a Roman colony under Augustus about 15 BC. It was burned by the Goths in 412, was again destroyed by Attila, was taken by Charlemagne in 774, and was declared a free city by Otho I of Saxony in 936. In 1426 it put itself under the protection of Venice. In 1796 it was taken by the French, and was assigned to Austria by the Vienna treaty of 1815. In 1849 its streets were barricaded by insurgents, but were carried by the Austrians under General Haynau. It was ceded to Sardinia by the treaty of Zurich, 1859. Research Brescia
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