Solferino

Solferino, a village of Northern Italy, 19 miles NW. of Mantua, stands on a hill, and has a tower, called the Spy of Italy, from which the whole plain of Lombardy may be seen. There, on June 24, 1859, the Austrians were defeated by the allied French and Piedmontese—the first named losing 20,000 men, and the allies 18,000. Pop. 1284.