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Monza
Tourist information - Monza
Monza is a city in northern Italy, in Lombardy Region, on the Lambro River. An industrial city, Monza has factories producing hats, leather goods, textiles, and carpets. A noted automobile racetrack (1955) is located here. The ancient capital of the Lombards, Monza owed much of its importance, and its chief public edifices, to Queen Theodelinda. In 595 she founded the cathedral in which is preserved the iron crown of Lombardy, supposed to have been made from a nail used at the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Humbert I of Italy was assassinated by an anarchist in Monza in 1900.
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