[mon-zuh; It. mawn-tsah] 
| a city in N Italy, NNE of Milan. 121,155. |
| Mon·za (mōn'zə, -tsä) A city of northern Italy north-northeast of Milan. An ancient capital of Lombardy, it is now a major industrial center with diversified manufactures. Population: 121,000. |
Monza
city, Lombardia (Lombardy) regione, northern Italy. It lies along the Lambro River, just northeast of Milan. The ancient Modicia, it was a village until the 6th century AD, when the Lombard queen Theodelinda established a residence and a monastery there. During the period of the communes, Monza was sometimes independent, sometimes subject to Milan. The Visconti family built a castle there in 1325. The town withstood many sieges and was repeatedly plundered, notably by the troops of Charles V. King Umberto I of Italy was assassinated at Monza on July 29, 1900; an expiatory chapel was dedicated in 1910.
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