Following the brutal 1859 Battle of Solferino, local women tirelessly treated thousands of wounded soldiers. Their dedication moved Swiss traveler Henry Dunant, leading directly to the creation of the Red Cross. An international museum in town retraces that founding story, in a municipality of 22,052 residents.
Historically dubbed the "city of fountains" for its network of over thirty historic springs and washhouses, Castiglione is also the birthplace of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga. Set on the morainic hills near Lake Garda, 30 kilometers northwest of Mantua, the area has operated as a pragmatic industrial center since the 1950s.
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