View of the town

Solferino is a small town in Lombardy, Italy, approximately 10 kilometres south of Lake Garda. Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand Lake Garda ( Italian Lago di Garda or Benaco) is the largest Lake in Italy. It has approximately 2,500 inhabitants. It is best known as being close to the site of the Battle of Solferino on 24 June 1859, witnessed by Henry Dunant, which inspired him to found the Red Cross. The Battle of Solferino was fought on June 24, 1859 and resulted in the victory of the allied French Army under Napoleon III and Sardinian Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jean Henri Dunant ( May 8, 1828 &ndash October 30, 1910) aka Henry Dunant or Henri Dunant, was a Swiss The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an International humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers worldwide who stated

There is a Paris metro station called Solferino in commemoration.