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Title: Guide to Italy and Sicily
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Macmillan & Co
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Publisher: London, MacMillan
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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heAdige, at the extreme N. of thetown. It runs by (3 m.) Parona48, and at (5 m.) Negrar entersthe wine country of Valpolicella,famous throughout N. Italy. At(12 m.) Domegliara the line crossesthe Ala railway, and soon after-wards the river. Winding con-siderably to gain a higher level,the train reaches (19 m.) Coster-mano. 3 m. W. lies Gar da, onthe lake 45. Still ascendingalong the slopes of Monte Baldo,we arrive at (22 m.) Caprino. ROUTE 50. Verona to Modena. Exp. in 3J hours. 1st class, 13.5;2nd class, 9.15. Scenery uninteresting. The countryis well cultivated, but flat andswampy. From (8 m.) Dossohuonoa railway runs S. E. to Rovigo 52.At (11 m.) Villafranca is a castleof the 13th cent. 5 m. N.W. liesCustoza, memorable for the defeatof the Italians by the Austrians in1866. On the approach to Mantuathe railway passes the citadelwhere Andreas Hofer was shot byorder of Napoleon in 1810. A longbridge between two lakes, theLago di Mezzo (left) and the LagoSuperiore (right), conducts the
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To face page 20. London: Macmillan & Co., Ld, GUIDE TO ITALY Routes 51-53. 23 railway to (26 m.) Mantua. Thetown lies on the left. RailwayW. to Pavia, E. to Legnago 51.Beyond (33 m.) Borgoforte the linecrosses the Po. From (38 m.)Suzzara a railway rims S.W. toParma 61, E. to Ferrara. 54 m. Carpi. (Railway S.W.to (17 m.) Reggio, passing (6 m.)Correggio, the birthplace in 1494 ofthe painter Antonio Allegri.) TheSecchia is crossed before reaching(64 m.) Modena. ROUTE 51. Pavia to Monselice. 11 hours. 1st class, 25.65 ; 2ndclass, 17.95. This railway runs E. through afertile but flat and swampy district,watered by the Po and its tribu-taries. At (10 m.) Belgioioso is avilla of that family, well seen fromthe train. The line crosses theOlona. At (27 m.) Casalpuster-lengo we join the railway betweenMilan and Piacenza 60, and followitS.E. to (30 m.) Codogno (9000),the centre of the manufacture ofParmesan cheese. The broad Addais crossed before reaching (40 m.)Acquanegra. 47 m. Cremona. . J

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