Verano's Recipe of the Day

 

Brescia, a northern Italian city, is the capital of the Province of Brescia.  The city is in the the Italian region of Lombardy, at the edge of the Italian Alps.  Brescia is an industrial center, with iron, steel, and aluminum factories.  The region also contains firearm and textile factories.

The city also contains many Roman ruins, including a Roman temple built in 73 AD.  The ancient temple serves as a museum today.  The city also has art galleries.  One of the better known galleries, The Martinengo Art Gallery, houses paintings of the 16th-century Brescian school of painters.  

Brescia became part of the kingdom of Italy in 1861.

Population (1990 estimate) 196,766.

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Tour of Northern Italian Dining