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| Region: | Lombardy |
| Province: | Brescia |
| Location: | 45.6/45°36' N lat. 10.533/10°32' W long. |
| Area: | 29 km² |
| Population: | 10,056 |
| Population density: | 347/km² |
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| Postal code: | 25087 |
| Area/distance code: | 0365 |
| Car designation: | BS
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| ISTAT code: | 017170 |
| Fiscal code: | H717 |
| Website: | www.comune.salo.bs.it |
Salo ( Italian: Salò) is a small town in the Province of Brescia in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy on the banks of Lake GardaLake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is located in Northern Italy about half-way between Venice and Milan. It is in an alpine region and was formed by glaciers at the end of the last ice age. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provi.
Salo was founded in the Roman period as Pagus Salodium and in the middle ages became a stronghold of the Milanese ViscontiVisconti was a noble family that ruled Milan during the Middle Ages and Early Renaissance period. They bore the title Dukes of Milan. The last male descendent was Luchino Visconti, one of the most prominent film directors of Italian realist cinema. Viscon family. From 1440For alternative meanings, see number 1440. Events Itzcoatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies and is succeeded by Moctezuma I. End of term for Regent of Sweden Karl Knutsson Bonde. Births January 22 Ivan III, grand duke of Moscow (+ 1505) Deaths Itzcoatl, the town came under the control of the Republic of VeniceVenice ( Italian Venezia German Venedig , the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto, population 271,073 (2001). The city stretches across numerous small islands in a marshy lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The saltwater l.
From 19431943 is the common year starting on Friday. Events January January 4 End of term for Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Earl Warren. January 11 The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China. January 1 to 1945Events January January 5 The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. January 7 British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge. January 12 World War II: Salo was the capital of Mussolini's Nazi-backed Repubblica Sociale Italiana ( Italian Social Republic), also known as the Republic of Salo.