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Turbigo (
Milanes
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e: ) is a ''comune
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'' (municipality) in the Province of Milan
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in the Italian
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region Lombardy
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, located about west of Milan
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, along the Naviglio Grande canal. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 7,486 and an area of .
Turbigo borders the following municipalities: Castano Primo, Cameri
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Cameri borders the following municipalities: Bellinzago Novarese, Caltignaga ...
, Robecchetto con Induno, Galliate. It is the birthplace of naturalist Giuseppe Gené
Carlo Giuseppe Gené (7 December 1800 – 14 July 1847) was an Italian natural history, naturalist and author.
Gené was born at Turbigo in Lombardy and studied at the University of Pavia. He published a number of papers on natural history, part ...
.
It is home to a medieval castle, known from the 9th century and perhaps built around a Roman tower, and to church of ''Santi Cosma e Damiano'' (1639–40). Also from the 17th century is a bridge over the Naviglio Grande.
On 3 June 1859, Turbigo was the site of the Battle of Turbigo, a battle of the Second Italian War of Independence
The Second Italian War of Independence, also called the Sardinian War, the Austro-Sardinian War, the Franco-Austrian War, or the Italian War of 1859 (Italian: ''Seconda guerra d'indipendenza italiana''; German: ''Sardinischer Krieg''; French: ...
. Franco-Piedmontese troops crossed the Ticino
Ticino ( ), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino, is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eight districts ...
via a pontoon bridge to occupy the town. The battle is commemorated in the name of rue de Turbigo, a Paris
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street.
References
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