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Bereguardo
Bereguardo ( Lombard: ''Balguàrt'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southwest of Milan and about northwest of Pavia. Bereguardo borders the following municipalities: Borgo San Siro, Motta Visconti, Torre d'Isola, Trivolzio, Trovo, Vigevano, Zerbolò. The remnants of the moated 14th-century Castello di Bereguardo are now used for municipal offices. People * Maddalena Carini (1917–1998), Italian Servant of God "Servant of God" is a title used in the Catholic Church to indicate that an individual is on the first step toward possible canonization as a saint. Terminology The expression "servant of God" appears nine times in the Bible, the first five in th ... References Cities and towns in Lombardy {{Pavia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visconti Castle (Bereguardo)
The Castello di Bereguardo is a medieval castle located on Via Castello 2 in the town of Bereguardo, Province of Pavia, region of Lombardy, Italy. History The castle, also called the ''Castello Visconteo of Bereguardo'', was built in the first half of the 14th century, commissioned by Luchino Visconti to present a defense to the western borders of the Milan. It was also used as a winter residence and hunting lodge by Galeazzo II Visconti. By the 15th century some refurbishment was pursued by Filippo Maria Visconti, who also constructed the Naviglio di Bereguardo, a canal linking to the Naviglio Grande. The Duke Francesco I Sforza granted the castle to then Lord of Bereguardo, Giovanni Maruzzi da Tolentino, a captain and counselor to the Duke. In 1648, and it remained in this family's possession till the 18th century. After passing through a number of owners, it was donated in 1897 to the commune by the engineer Giulio Pisa. Presently, it houses city hall and the town library. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motta Visconti
Motta Visconti ( Milanese: ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southwest of Milan. Motta Visconti borders the following municipalities: Vigevano, Casorate Primo Casorate Primo ( Milanese dialect of Western Lombard: ''Casurà'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southwest of Milan and about northwest of Pavia. Casorate Primo bord ..., Besate, Trovo, Bereguardo. People * Sante Geronimo Caserio (1873–1894), anarchist References External links Official website Cities and towns in Lombardy {{Milan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torre D'Isola
Torre d'Isola is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km south of Milan and about 6 km northwest of Pavia. As of 30 June 2008, it had a population of 2,276 and an area of 16.3 km².All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. The municipality of Torre d'Isola contains the '' frazioni'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Carpana, Casottole, Massaua, Santa Sofia and Sanvarese. Torre d'Isola borders the following municipalities: Bereguardo, Carbonara al Ticino Carbonara al Ticino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km south of Milan and about 7 km southwest of Pavia. It is part of the eastern Lomellina, near the left bank o ..., Marcignago, Pavia, Trivolzio, Zerbolò. Demographic evolution Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) id:sfondo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maddalena Carini
Maddalena Carini (1 March 1917 – 26 January 1998) was an Italian Roman Catholic and the founder of the Famiglia dell'Ave Maria, a lay association whose chief aim is to bring close those who are distant. Carini is best known for her miraculous cure in Lourdes from tuberculosis that she had had since she was a child – a miracle that received the approval of the Archbishop of Milan Giovanni Battista Montini, the future Pope Paul VI. Carini's cure in 1948 made her the first Italian woman who was cured at Lourdes and whose case was accepted as a miraculous healing. The beatification process commenced on 11 April 2014 and she became titled as a Servant of God. Life Maddalena Carini was born on 1 March 1917 in Pavia as the last of seven children to Giuseppe Carini and Francesca Bianchi Martina. Her father died in 1930 and her mother died in 1943. Carini developed an aggressive form of tuberculosis in 1927 in the pleura and the peritoneum and so had to spend long periods of time in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zerbolò
Zerbolò is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km southwest of Milan and about 11 km west of Pavia. > Zerbolò borders the following municipalities: Bereguardo, Borgo San Siro, Carbonara al Ticino, Garlasco, Gropello Cairoli, Torre d'Isola Torre d'Isola is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km south of Milan and about 6 km northwest of Pavia. As of 30 June 2008, it had a population of 2,276 and an area ..., Villanova d'Ardenghi. References Cities and towns in Lombardy {{Pavia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trovo
Trovo ( Lombard: ''Tröv'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region of Lombardy, about southwest of Milan and northwest of Pavia. Trovo borders the following municipalities: Battuda, Bereguardo, Casorate Primo, Motta Visconti, Rognano Rognano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southwest of Milan and about northwest of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 308 and an area of .All demographics and ..., Trivolzio, Vernate. References Cities and towns in Lombardy {{Pavia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trivolzio
Trivolzio (Western Lombard: ''Trivóls'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km southwest of Milan and about 12 km northwest of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,333 and an area of 3.9 km².All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. Trivolzio borders the following municipalities: Battuda, Bereguardo, Marcignago, Torre d'Isola, Trovo. The physician and later friar Saint Riccardo Pampuri Riccardo Pampuri, OH (2 August 1897 – 1 May 1930) - born Erminio Filippo Pampuri was an Italian medical doctor and a veteran of World War I who was also a professed member from Hospitallers of Saint John of God. Pampuri worked as a field doct ... was born in Trivolzio. Demographic evolution Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:455 hei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borgo San Siro
Borgo San Siro (Western Lombard: ''Bùrgh San Sir'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southwest of Milan and about northwest of Pavia, in the western Lomellina. Borgo San Siro borders the following municipalities: Bereguardo, Gambolò, Garlasco, Tromello, Vigevano, Zerbolò Zerbolò is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km southwest of Milan and about 11 km west of Pavia. > Zerbolò borders the following municipalities: Bereguardo, Borgo S .... References Cities and towns in Lombardy {{Pavia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigevano
Vigevano (; lmo, label=Western Lombard, Avgevan) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Pavia, Lombardy in northern Italy. A historic art town, it is also renowned for shoemaking and is one of the main centres of Lomellina, a rice-growing agricultural district. Vigevano received the honorary title of city with a decree of Duke Francis II Sforza on 2 February 1532. It is famed for its beautiful Renaissance "''Piazza Ducale''" in the centre of the town. History The earliest records of Vigevano date from the 10th century AD, when it was a favoured residence of the Lombard king Arduin, for the sake of the good hunting in the vicinity. Vigevano was a Ghibelline commune, favoring the Emperor and was accordingly besieged and taken by the Milanese in 1201 and again in 1275. In 1328 it finally surrendered to Azzone Visconti, and thereafter shared the political fortunes of Milan. The Church of San Pietro Martire (St Peter Martyr) was built, with the adjacent Dominican convent, by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lombardy
Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Over a fifth of the Italian gross domestic product (GDP) is produced in the region. The Lombardy region is located between the Alps mountain range and tributaries of the Po river, and includes Milan, the largest metropolitan area in the country, and among the largest in the European Union (EU). Of the fifty-eight UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Italy, eleven are in Lombardy. Virgil, Pliny the Elder, Ambrose, Gerolamo Cardano, Caravaggio, Claudio Monteverdi, Antonio Stradivari, Cesare Beccaria, Alessandro Volta and Alessandro Manzoni; and popes Pope John XXIII, John XXIII and Pope Paul VI, Paul VI originated in the area of modern-day Lombardy region. Etymology The name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Pavia
The province of Pavia ( it, Provincia di Pavia) is a province in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy; its capital is Pavia. , the province has a population of 548,722 inhabitants and an area of ; the town of Pavia has a population of 72,205. History The city Pavia was initially settled by the Ligures and was later occupied by Gaulish tribes; it was conquered by the Romans in 220 BCE. Named "Ticinum" by the Romans, the town was reinforced and became a key part of their defenses in northern Italy; despite this, the town was sacked by Attila, the ruler of the Hunnic Empire, in 452 CE, and then again by Odoacer in 476 CE. In the sixth century it was the capital of German tribe the Lombards and survived an attempted Frankish invasion. However, following the death of Charlemagne, the Lombard territory became part of Frankish territory. In the 12th century, it became a commune after Frankish rule ceased, and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor fortified areas of the commune and he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavia
Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the capital of the Ostrogothic Kingdom from 540 to 553, of the Kingdom of the Lombards from 572 to 774, of the Kingdom of Italy from 774 to 1024 and seat of the Visconti court from 1365 to 1413. Pavia is the capital of the fertile province of Pavia, which is known for a variety of agricultural products, including wine, rice, cereals, and dairy products. Although there are a number of industries located in the suburbs, these tend not to disturb the peaceful atmosphere of the town. It is home to the ancient University of Pavia (founded in 1361 and recognized in 2022 by the Times Higher Education among the top 10 in Italy and among the 300 best in the world), which together with the IUSS (Institute for Advanced Studies of Pavia), Ghislieri College, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
