Brescia Calcio — Football club infobox clubname = Brescia fullname = Brescia Calcio SpA nickname = Rondinelle (Little Swallows), Biancoazzurri (White blues), Leonessa (Lioness) founded = 1911 ground = Stadio Mario Rigamonti, Brescia, Italy capacity = 27,547 |… … Wikipedia
Brescia Airport — Infobox Airport name = Brescia Airport nativename = nativename a = nativename r = image width = caption = IATA = VBS ICAO = LIPO type = Public owner = operator = city served = location = Brescia elevation f = 356 elevation m = 109 coordinates =… … Wikipedia
BRESCIA — BRESCIA, city in northern Italy. Inscriptions found in Brescia mentioning a Mater Synagogae, and an archisynagogos , show that there was a Jewish community there in the late classical period. In 1426 Brescia came under the sovereignty of Venice;… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Italy — • In ancient times Italy had several other names: it was called Saturnia, in honour of Saturn; Enotria, wine producing land; Ausonia, land of the Ausonians; Hesperia, land to the west (of Greece); Tyrrhenia, etc. The name Italy, which seems to… … Catholic encyclopedia
Brescia — • The Diocese takes its name from the principal city in the province of the same name in Lombardy, between the Mella and the Naviglio Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Brescia Brescia … Catholic encyclopedia
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Brescia — [bre′shä] commune in Lombardy, N Italy, at the foot of the Alps: pop. 195,000 … English World dictionary
Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… … Universalium
Brescia — Infobox CityIT image caption = img coa = Brescia stemma.png official name = Comune di Brescia region = Lombardy province = Brescia (BS) elevation m = 150 area total km2 = 90 population as of = December 31, 2004 population total = 192165… … Wikipedia
ITALY — Jews have lived in Italy without interruption from the days of the Maccabees until the present, through a period of 21 centuries. Although they were never subjected to general expulsion, there were frequently partial ones. They often enjoyed good … Encyclopedia of Judaism