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Magenta

Italian comune

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Official name: Magenta
Demonym: magentini
Population: 24178
Area: 21.99
Elevation: 138
Official website: www.comunedimagenta.it
Image: Magenta-piazza Liberazione.jpg
Dialing code: 02
Licence plate code: MI

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Commons category: Magenta (Italy)
postal code: 20013
native label: Magenta

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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.