Santa Lucia was an ancient paesino next to Verona (its parish is still called ''Santa Lucia extra'', since it is positioned outside the ancient town wall). Today it has been absorbed into Verona, located to the south-west of the city centre, forming part of the

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4 of the Commune of Verona.

History

It was the location for a hard-fought battle (the Battle of Santa Lucia) during the

First Italian War of Independence The First Italian War of Independence ( it, Prima guerra d'indipendenza italiana), part of the Italian Unification (''Risorgimento''), was fought by the Kingdom of Sardinia (Piedmont) and Italian volunteers against the Austrian Empire and other ...

between Piedmontese and Austrian troops, hidden in the parish cemetery and of the Gisella fort, positioned between Verona and the district of

Dossobuono Dossobuono is a town in the Veneto, in northeast Italy. It is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Villafranca di Verona, in the province of Verona. It has a population of around 6400. Air Dolomiti, a regional airline and Lufthansa subsidiary, mai ...

. In the 1950s this district and that of Golosine were the subject of rapid urbanisation, uniting it to the city thanks to the construction of numerous popular residential houses, whose offshoots extended as far as the industrial, food, customs and agriculture zones. {{coord, 45, 25, 20, N, 10, 57, 07, E, source:kolossus-itwiki, display=title Verona