Sommacampagna
Encyclopedia
Sommacampagna is a comune
in the province of Verona
, Veneto
, northern Italy
.
In the frazione
of Custoza two battles
were fought during the Italian Independence Wars
.
The town's main football team is Associazione Calcio Somma.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
in the province of Verona
Province of Verona
The Province of Verona is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Verona.-Overview:The province has an area of 3,109 km², and a total population of 912,981...
, Veneto
Veneto
Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...
, northern Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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In the frazione
Frazione
A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...
of Custoza two battles
Battle of Custoza
Battle of Custoza is the name of two battles fought in Custoza, near Verona, Northern Italy. Both battles were fought within the Italian unification process, and were two defeats for the Kingdom of Sardinia and later Kingdom of Italy:* Battle of Custoza * Battle of Custoza...
were fought during the Italian Independence Wars
Italian Independence wars
The Wars of Italian Independence were three wars fought between Italian states and the Austrian Empire between 1848 and 1866, ending with the conquest of the entire Italian Peninsula...
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The town's main football team is Associazione Calcio Somma.