Lodi

Lodi, a town of North Italy, stands on the Adda, 18 miles by rail SE. of Milan. It has a Romano-Gothic cathedral dating from the 12th century; manufactures of linens, silks, and Majolica porcelain; and a great trade in Parmesan and Stracchino cheese and wine. Pop. 18,689.—LODI VECCHIO, a ruined village, 4 miles W., was destroyed by the Milanese in 1111–58. Here Bonaparte, on 10th May 1796, forced the long and narrow bridge in the face of a tremendous fire from the Austrian batteries.