Mincio

Mincio, a tributary of the Po, rises in south Tyrol, and flows as the Sarca 80 miles to Lake Garda, from which it issues as the Mincio, and after a southerly course of 93 miles past Mantua joins the Po from the left. It forms an integral part of the Quadrilateral (q.v.) or system of fortification defending North Italy, and has had several great battles fought in its vicinity, as Castiglione (1796), Solferino (1859), Custozza (1849 and 1866).