Bozzolo (
Mantovano: ) 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 also ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Mantua in the Italian region
Lombardy, located about southeast of
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
and about southwest of
Mantua
Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and '' comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the province of the same name.
In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture. In 2017, it was named as the Eur ...
.
Bozzolo borders the following municipalities:
Acquanegra sul Chiese
Acquanegra sul Chiese (Mantovano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about west of Mantua.
Acquanegra sul Chiese borders the following municipalities: ...
,
Calvatone,
Marcaria
Marcaria is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about west of Mantua.
Marcaria borders the following municipalities: Acquanegra sul Chiese, Borgo Virgilio, B ...
,
Rivarolo Mantovano,
San Martino dall'Argine,
Tornata. Writer
Lucrezia Gonzaga
Lucrezia Gonzaga di Gazzuolo (1522 – 11 February 1576) was an Italian noblewoman known for her literary talents, and her association with Matteo Bandello. Bandello taught her mathematics, astronomy, rhetoric and logic, and wrote poetry in her h ...
, daughter of local condottiero
Pirro Gonzaga, was born here in 1522.
Notable people
*
Primo Mazzolari, (1890-1959), parson from 1932 to 1959, writer and
partisan
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Lombardy
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