Legnago

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 564

Legnago, one of the four fortified towns of Northern Italy known as the Quadrilateral (q.v.), is situated on the Adige, 33 miles by rail SE. from Verona. It has a considerable trade in rice, corn, and silk. Pop. 3514. The fortifications were razed by Napoleon in 1801, but rebuilt fourteen years later.

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