Salo

Salo (Italian: Sal?) is a small town in the Province of Brescia in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy on the banks of Lake Garda.

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Salo was founded in the Roman period as Pagus Salodium and in the middle ages became a stronghold of the Milanese Visconti family. From 1440 the town came under the control of the Republic of Venice.

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From 1943 to 1945 Salo was the capital of Mussolini's Nazi-backed Repubblica Sociale Italiana (Italian Social Republic), also known as the Republic of Salo.

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Province of Brescia: Province of Brescia is a Province in Lombardy, Italy. It borders with the province of Sondrio in the N and NW, the province of Bergamo in the W, province of Cremona in the SW and S, province of Mantova to the S, and to the east, province of Verona in Veneto and province of Trento in Trentino-Alto A...

Lombardy: Lombardy (in Italian Lombardia) is a region in northern Italy between the Alps and the Po Valley. Lombardy borders the regions of Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna, Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige, and the country of Switzerland. Lombardy's capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy, and...

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Row of Cypress Trees Edge the Path Near Salo Lake Garda