Brescia

Brescia (locally called Brèsa) is a city of 190 thousand¹ centered east of the Mella River,² in the foothills of the Alpi,³ in its eponymous province in the Lombardia (locally Lumbardia)⁴ Region of Italia.⁵ The tallest modern building is the Crystal Palace, an office building (361 feet, 1990).⁶ UNESCO honors the 'monumental area with the monastic complex of San Salvatore-Santa Giulia' as part of a World Heritage Site about the 'Longobards' (Lombards) in Italia. The core of the complex dates to the eight century CE.⁷

The mathematician known as Niccolò 'Tartaglia' was born in Brescia before moving to Venezia.⁸

External references

overview of Brescia, Brescia Province, Lombardia, Italia

Footnotes

1. 2011 figure from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Italy, accessed February 16, 2017.
2. The Mella flows into the Oglio (locally called the Òi), which is a left bank tributary of the Po, which flows into the Adriatic Sea.
3. Alps in English.
4. Lombardy in English.
5. Italy in English.
6. Emporis.com, accessed January 31, 2018. The chimney of the Brescia Incineration Plant is taller at 394 feet.
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longobards_in_Italy,_Places_of_Power_(568%E2%80%93774_A.D.), accessed January 31, 2018.
8. John Stillwell, Mathematics and its History (2nd ed., Springer, 2002).