Castelmassa 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 Rovigo
The Province of Rovigo (''Provincia di Rovigo'') is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Rovigo.
It borders on the north with the provinces of Verona, Padua and Venice, on the south with the province of Ferrara, o ...
in the
Italian
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region
Veneto
Veneto (, ; vec, Vèneto ) or Venetia is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about five million, ranking fourth in Italy. The region's capital is Venice while the biggest city is Verona.
Veneto was part of the Roman Empire unt ...
, located about southwest of
Venice
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and about west of
Rovigo
Rovigo (, ; egl, Ruig) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of Northeast Italy, the capital of the eponymous province.
Geography
Rovigo stands on the low ground known as Polesine, by rail southwest of Venice and south-southwest of P ...
.
Castelmassa borders the following municipalities:
Calto
Calto is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about west of Rovigo.
Calto borders the following municipalities: Castelmassa, Ceneselli, Salara, Sermide e Felon ...
,
Castelnovo Bariano
Castelnovo Bariano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about west of Rovigo.
Castelnovo Bariano borders the following municipalities: Bergantino, Carbonara ...
,
Ceneselli
Ceneselli is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about west of Rovigo.
Ceneselli borders the following municipalities: Calto, Castelmassa, Castelnovo Barian ...
,
Felonica
Felonica is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Sermide e Felonica in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southeast of Mantua
Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard a ...
,
Sermide
Sermide was a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southeast of Mantua. It is now a frazione
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.
People
*
Bonaventura Porta
Bonaventura Porta (October 21, 1866 – December 15, 1953) was the Italian Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesaro from his appointment by Pope Benedict XV
Pope Benedict XV (Ecclesiastical Latin, Latin: ''Benedictus XV''; it, Bened ...
, (1866–1953), bishop of
Pesaro
Pesaro () is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Marche, capital of the Province of Pesaro e Urbino, on the Adriatic Sea. According to the 2011 census, its population was 95,011, making it the second most populous city in the Marche, ...
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Castelmassa is
twinned with:
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Gniew
Gniew (pronounced ; csb, Gméw, or ''Gniéw''; formerly german: Mewe) is a historic town situated on the left bank of the Vistula River, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It has 6,870 inhabitants (2016). It is one of the oldes ...
,
Poland
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References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Veneto
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