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Fossalta, Battle of

Years: 1249 - 1249

The Battle of Fossalta is an episode of the War of the Guelphs and Ghibellines in northern Italy.

It takes place on May 26, 1249, in Fossalta, a small location on the Panaro river, and is especially remembered for the capture of Enzio of Sardinia, son of Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen.

“History is a vast early warning system.”

― Norman Cousins, Saturday Review, April 15, 1978