Cavenago d'Adda ( Lodigiano: ) 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

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in the

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region

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 ...

, located about southeast of

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and about southeast of Lodi. It is between the

Adda River The Adda (Latin ''Abdua'', or ''Addua''; in Lombard ''Ada'' or, again, ''Adda'' in local dialects where the double consonants are marked) is a river in North Italy, a tributary of the Po. It rises in the Alps near the border with Switzerland ...

and the Muzza Canal. Cavenago d'Adda borders the following municipalities:

Corte Palasio Corte Palasio ( Lodigiano: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Lodi, in Lombardy (northern Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located i ...

Abbadia Cerreto Abbadia Cerreto (Western Lombard: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) located southeast of Milan and southeast of Lodi in the Province of Lodi, Lombardy, Italy. Abbadia Cerreto borders the following municipalities: Bagnolo Cremasco, Crespiatica ...

Casaletto Ceredano Casaletto Ceredano ( Cremasco: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about northwest of Cremona. Casaletto Ceredano borders the following municipalities: ...

Credera Rubbiano Credera Rubbiano ( Cremasco: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about northwest of Cremona. It was created in 1928 through the merger of the former co ...

San Martino in Strada San Martino in Strada ( Lodigiano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lodi in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southeast of Lodi. San Martino in Strada borders the following municipaliti ...

Turano Lodigiano Turano Lodigiano ( Lodigiano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lodi in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombar ...

Mairago Mairago ( Lodigiano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lodi in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southeast of Lodi. Mairago borders the following municipalities: Cavenago d'Adda, Turano L ...

Ossago Lodigiano Ossago Lodigiano ( Lodigiano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lodi in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southeast of Lodi. Ossago Lodigiano borders the following municipalities: Cavenago ...

History

Already populated in ancient Roman times, in the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

the area of Cavenago d'Adda belonged to the bishop of Lodi (10th century), and was later a fief of the family of Fissiraga (1297–1482), the Bocconi of Mozzanica, and finally of the Cavenaghi Clerici. It included the population of Persia, now a ''frazione'' of Casaletto Ceredano. In the Napoleonic era (1809–16) it was attached to the municipality of Robecco, which however became again independent after the constitution of the

Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia The Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia ( la, links=no, Regnum Langobardiae et Venetiae), commonly called the "Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom" ( it, links=no, Regno Lombardo-Veneto, german: links=no, Königreich Lombardo-Venetien), was a constituent land ...

. In 1863 it assumed the official name of Cavenago Cavenago d'Adda, to distinguish itself from Cavenago of Brianza. In 1869 the municipality of Cavenago d'Adda received the territories of the former communes of Caviaga and Soltarico. After

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, in the hamlet of Caviaga

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discovered large reserves of natural gas.

People

* Emilio Giuseppe Dossena, artist

References

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