Badia Polesine is a ''
comune'' (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 Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
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
Castagnaro is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italy, Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about southeast of Verona. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,091 and an area of .All dem ...
,
Castelbaldo
Castelbaldo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about southwest of Padua.
Castelbaldo borders the following municipalities: Badia Polesine, Masi, Merlara ...
,
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, Spain
*
Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes, France
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Veneto
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