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Where does the word Magenta come from?
Magenta
town, Milano provincia, Lombardia (Lombardy) regione, northern Italy, just west of Milan. Its
name is derived from that of Marcus Maxentius, a Roman general and emperor (ad 306-312)
who had his headquarters there at Castra Maxentia. The town was the site of the Battle of
Magenta (June 4, 1859), fought during the Franco-Piedmontese war against the Austrians
(second War of Italian Independence, 1859-61). Napoleon III and his 54,000 troops met 58,000
Austrian troops under General Franz Gyulai in a highly disorganized battle that left some 9,700
dead or injured and 4,600 missing. The narrow French victory over the Austrians was an
important step toward Italian independence, for it led many districts and cities, beginning with
Bologna on June 12, to throw off Austrian rule and join the cause of Italian unity. The battle is
commemorated by an ossuary containing the remains of 9,000 of the dead.
Contemporary Magenta is a communications centre between Milan and Turin; its chief industries are the manufacture of matches, cotton and artificial silk, and machinery. Pop. (1988 est.) mun., 23,658.
[From the Encyclopedia Britannica]
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and lots more...but we're not gonna list the other 10.000 plus Magenta's ok? :-).
