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- ↑ Lodi nelle poche sue antichità e cose d'arte dell'avvocato Bassano Martani, page 302.
- ↑ Getty images: Battle of Lodi Bridge, May 10, 1796.
- ↑ Lodi monografia storico-artistica, by Felice De Angeli, Andrea Timolati, published in Milan (1877), page 134.
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