Brescia, Industrial city in Lombardy, Italy.
The city sits between the Mella River and Alpine foothills, where Roman temples stand beside medieval fortress walls and Renaissance squares. Narrow lanes climb toward the castle hill while newer neighborhoods stretch south into flat industrial zones.
Romans founded the settlement in 27 BC as Brixia, and it grew into a trading hub between Rome and the northern provinces. During the uprisings of the 1800s, residents fought the Austrian army for ten days, earning the city its nickname as the Lioness of Italy.
Local residents gather in the historic squares for concerts and markets, and mornings often begin at the cafés around Piazza della Loggia. Churches remain active places of daily life rather than monuments, where you might see people stopping for prayer or a quiet moment before work.
Regular trains connect the city to Milan in under an hour and to Verona in about 40 minutes, while the metro links the northern and southern neighborhoods. The historic center is walkable, though the climb to the castle requires some effort.
The Piazza della Vittoria was completely redesigned in the 1930s, tearing down an entire medieval neighborhood to create a wide fascist square. Beneath the plaza, the foundations of the old buildings still remain, visible during archaeological investigations.
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Lombardy includes some of the most visited places in northern Italy. Milan is home to much of the region's history: the Gothic cathedral of the Duomo, the Vittorio Emanuele II Gallery with its covered passages from the 19th century, La Scala theater, the Last Supper fresco in Santa Maria delle...
Castle of Brescia
533 m
Capitolium
443 m
Duomo vecchio
219 m
Duomo Nuovo
197 m
Museo di Santa Giulia
711 m
Torrione INA
169 m
San Salvatore, Brescia
632 m
Monastery of Santa Giulia
728 m
Palazzo della Loggia
41 m
Monte Maddalena
5.2 km
Crystal Palace
1.7 km
Brixia
440 m
Tosio Martinengo Gallery
751 m
Broletto
175 m
Church of Saints Faustinus and Jovita
439 m
Santa Giulia Museum
667 m
Church of Saint Francis
432 m
Torre dell'Orologio
43 m
Roman forum
459 m
Palazzo Martinengo Cesaresco Novarino
435 m
Church of the Holy Body of Christ
619 m
Parco delle Cave
5.3 km
Church of Santa Maria della Carità
297 m
Piazza della Loggia
25 m
Church of Saint John the Evangelist
272 m
Santa Maria dei Miracoli
489 m
Church of Santa Maria del Carmine
356 m
Museo civico di scienze naturali
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