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Castiglione della Stiviere, a fortified town in the province of Brescia, Italy, 20 miles N.E. of Mantua. In 1796 Marshal Angereau here inflicted a severe defeat on the Austrians, and received subsequently from Napoleon the title of Duc de Castiglione. The battle-field of Solferino (1859) is also in the neighbourhood.