Custoza
Custoza
(ko͞ostô`tsä) orCustozza
(–tôt`tsä), village, Venetia, N Italy, near Verona. It was the scene of an Austrian victory over Sardinia in 1848 (see RisorgimentoRisorgimento[Ital.,=resurgence], in 19th-century Italian history, period of cultural nationalism and of political activism, leading to unification of Italy. Roots of the Risorgimento
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or Seven Weeks War,
June 15–Aug. 23, 1866, between Prussia, allied with Italy, and Austria, seconded by Bavaria, Württemberg, Saxony, Hanover, Baden, and several smaller German states.
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