What the records say
- When
- 28 Jan 1277
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 45.62° N, 9.22° E
- Description
- 1277 battle between House of Della Torre and House of Visconti to take control over Milan
Battle of Desio
1277 battle in Italy
The Battle of Desio was fought on 21 January 1277 between the Della Torre and Visconti families for the control of Milan and its countryside. The battlefield is located near the modern Desio, a commune outside the city in Lombardy, Northern Italy.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Desio: Lombard forces under Archbishop Ottone Visconti defeat the Della Torre family troops for the rule of Milan”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Desio”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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