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Melegnano is a metropolis and comune in Italy, within the province of Milan, place of Lombardy. The town lies 16 kilometres southeast of the town of Milan. It received the honorary name of city with a presidential decree on 26 August 1959. The metropolis is served by the Melegnano railway station. Melegnano became a stronghold of Milan inside the Italian Wars, and recognized mainly for the Battle of Marignano, a victory over the Swiss in 1515. It is likewise recognised for the battles between the French and Austrians in the Second Italian War of Independenc.

The Second Italian War of Independence, additionally referred to as the Franco-Austrian War, Austro-Sardinian War or Italian War of 1859, changed into fought by means of the French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia towards the Austrian Empire in 1859 and performed a vital part within the technique of Italian unification. The Piedmontese, following their defeat via Austria inside the First Italian War of Independence, acknowledged their want for allies. This led Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, the prime minister of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, to try to set up relations with different European powers, partly through Piedmont's participation in the Crimean War.