Badia Polesine is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces ('' province''). The can ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Rovigo in the
Italian region
Veneto, located about southwest of
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The isla ...
and about west of
Rovigo. It is part of the upper
Polesine, and is bounded by the
Adige river, which separates the communal territory from the
province of Padua.
Badia Polesine borders the following municipalities:
Canda,
Castagnaro,
Castelbaldo,
Giacciano con Baruchella
Giacciano con Baruchella is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about west of Rovigo.
Giacciano con Baruchella borders the following municipalities: Badia Pole ...
,
Lendinara,
Masi,
Piacenza d'Adige,
Terrazzo,
Trecenta. The main sight is the
abbey of Vangadizza
Vangadizza Abbey (Italian: ''Abbazia della Vangadizza'') is a former Benedictine abbey in the modern ''comune'' of Badia Polesine, northern Italy. It was an independent state from the early Middle Ages until the 14th century.
History
The creatio ...
.
The town has a station on the Verona-
Legnago-Rovigo railroad. It can be reached by road through the SS343 Transpolesana national road and the
A31 motorway.
Twin towns
Badia Polesine is
twinned
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
*
Estepa
Estepa is a municipality in the extreme south-east of the province of Seville. It had a population of 12.631 in 2013. The town is located north of the Sierra del Becerro mountains.
History
Estepa possesses a very ancient past and has well-prese ...
, Spain
*
Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes, France
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Veneto
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