Brescia

Brescia is part of the Lombardia region. There is a big contrast in this city: on the one hand, an urban and cosmopolitan part makes you think of some streets of Milan or Rome and the other hand, a rural, old area, more connected with my ancestors.

A little bit of the history of Brescia.

Between the hills of the Po Valley is the city of Brescia. It has a very favorable location for urban settlements and industrial activities, trade and tourism. Inhabited since the Bronze Age by Ligurians, Etruscans and later in the late seventh century BC Celts. In 27 BC, Brescia won the title of a Roman colony.

With the decline of the empire it became the capital of a Lombard duchy (seventh century AC.) Around the year 1000, Brescia became a free municipality. After the city was disputed between Milan and Venice, where Venice was victorious, in 1438, the city was surrounded by the Milanese and, according to legend, by the appearance of the patron saints Faustino and Jovita, defeated the enemy soldiers. There was a long period of peace during which, under Venetian rule, Brescia had a great development of agriculture and handicrafts, such as the production of weapons that made the city famous throughout Europe. In the late eighteenth century French troops led by Napoleon ended the domination of Venice: Brescia was part of the Cisalpine Republic and the Kingdom of Italy. After Napoleon was defeated, the Habsburgs dominated the city and Lombardia. In the period of the Risorgimento, during the Ten Days of 1849, it rose against the Austrians and won the nickname of Lioness of Italy.
In the 30s urban trends were evidently influenced by fascist regime. After the Second World War began a major industrial development and now it is oneof the greatest Italian cities.