The 1222 Brescia earthquake occurred on Christmas Day in the year 1222.Salimbene de Adam, ''Chronicle of Salimbene de Adam.'' The chronicler

Salimbene de Adam Salimbene di Adam, O.F.M., (or Salimbene of Parma) (9 October 1221 – 1290) was an Italian Franciscan friar, theologian, and chronicler who is a source for Italian history of the 13th century. Life He was born in Parma, the son of Guido di A ...

records that it was so powerful that the inhabitants of

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...

left their city ''en masse'' and camped outside, so that the falling buildings would not crush them.

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