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- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Magenta
- Demonym
- magentini
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Metropolitan City of Milan
- Population
- 24178
- Area
- 21.99
- Elevation
- 138
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Trecate
- Official website
- www.comunedimagenta.it
- Image
- Magenta-piazza Liberazione.jpg
- Dialing code
- 02
- Licence plate code
- MI
- Patron saint
- Martin of Tours
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- twinned administrative body
- Magenta
- topic's main category
- Category:Magenta (Italy)
- Commons category
- Magenta (Italy)
- postal code
- 20013
- category for people born here
- Category:Born in Magenta
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Magenta, Lombardy
- native label
- Magenta
- different from
- Magenta
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Encyclopedic overview
Magenta ( Italian pronunciation: [maˈdʒɛnta], Lombard pronunciation: [maˈdʒẽːta]) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Milan in Lombardy, northern Italy. It became notable as the site of the Battle of Magenta in 1859. The color magenta takes its name from the battle.
Magenta is the birthplace of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla (1922–1962) and film producer Carlo Ponti (1912–2007). The municipality of Magenta is part of the Parco naturale lombardo della Valle del Ticino, a Nature reserve included by UNESCO in the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.
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