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Brescia district
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Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy
is the second largest city in Lombardy, after Milan, with a
population of around 200,000.
It is the administrative capital of the
Province of Brescia, one of the largest in Italy, with about
1,000,000 inhabitants.
Brescia has been an important regional centre
since pre-Roman times and a number of Roman and medieval
monuments are preserved.
The historical centre is very attractive with
very worth seeing museum and historical Piazzas.
The city is at the centre of the
third-largest Italian industrial area, concentrating on
mechanical and automotive engineering and machine tools. Its
manufactures are woollens, silks, leather, and wine.
The financial sector is also a major
employer, and the tourist industry is important as well, given
the proximity of Lake Garda, Lake Iseo and the Alps and thanks
to the opening of its airport to low cost flights from England
and Europe.
Risotto, beef dishes and ?lumacche alla
bresciana (snails cooked with parmesan cheese and fresh spinach)
are the main gastronomic specialities accompanied by good wines
from Botticino, Lugana, and Riva del Garda.
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