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Gazzo Veronese is a ''
*The ruins of Gazzo Castle.
*Roman Tower (4th century AD).
*The church of 
*Church of ''San Prosdocimo'', dating from the 15th century, in Pradelle.
*Former church of ''San Giovanni Battista'', in Correzzo. The church was built on a Roman cemetery, initially of Aryan worship, has been remodeled over the centuries. The last major renovation took place in 1685. It is currently abandoned.
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 Verona
The Province of Verona ( it, Provincia di Verona) is a province in the Veneto administrative region of Italy. On its northwestern border, Lake GardaItaly's largestis divided between Verona and the provinces of Brescia (Lombardy region) and Trenti ...
in the Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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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 south of Verona
Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the ...
.
Gazzo Veronese borders the following municipalities: Casaleone, Nogara
Nogara is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about south of Verona.
Nogara borders the following municipalities: Erbè, Gazzo Veronese, Isola della Scala, S ...
, Ostiglia
Ostiglia ( Mantovano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southeast of Mantua.
History
In Roman times, ''Hostilia'' was a trade hub from Emilia t ...
, Sanguinetto
Sanguinetto is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about southeast of Verona. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,009 and an area of .All demograp ...
, Serravalle a Po
Serravalle a Po ( Mantovano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about east of Milan and about east of Mantua.
Serravalle a Po borders the following municipalities: Gazzo Veronese, ...
, Sorgà
Sorgà is a ''comune'' in the province of Verona, Veneto, northern Italy
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, Sustinente
Sustinente ( Mantovano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southeast of Mantua.
Sustinente borders the following municipalities: Bagnolo San Vito, ...
and Villimpenta
Villimpenta ( Mantovano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about east of Milan and about east of Mantua.
Villimpenta borders the municipalities of Castel d'Ario, Gazzo Veronese, ...
.
The economy is mostly based on agriculture.
History
Gazzo's area was inhabited since the4th millennium BC
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, but the modern settlement has Lombard origin. Its name derives in fact from the Lombard ''gahagi'', meaning "wood". In Roman times it should be already populated, but the inhabitants fled with the fall of the Western Roman Empire
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. In the 9th century Benedictine
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, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, foun ...
monks of the Veronese
Veronese is the Italian word denoting someone or something from Verona, Italy and may refer to:
* Veronese Riddle, a popular riddle in the Middle Ages
* ''Veronese'' (moth), a moth genus in the family Crambidae
* Monte Veronese, an Italian chees ...
church of Santa Maria in Organo
300px, Facade and bell tower of Santa Maria in Organo.
Santa Maria in Organo is a Roman Catholic church in Verona, Northern Italy.
History
The church's origin dates to the 6th–8th century, at the time of the Ostrogoth and Lombard dominations ...
dried the area. The fief was sold to Federico della Scala in 1307.
The current ''comune'' was created in 1929 by the merger of Gazzo and Correzzo, the municipal set being moved to the ''frazione'' of Roncanova in the occasion.
Main sights
Main sights include *the Romanesque 12th-century church ofSanta Maria Maggiore
The Basilica of Saint Mary Major ( it, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, ; la, Basilica Sanctae Mariae Maioris), or church of Santa Maria Maggiore, is a Major papal basilica as well as one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome and the larges ...
, on the Tartaro river.
*The ruins of Gazzo Castle.
*Roman Tower (4th century AD).
*The church of San Pietro in Valle San Pietro in Valle is a medieval abbey in the ''comune'' (township) of Ferentillo in Umbria.
The Romanesque church houses some particularly fine Roman sarcophagi; the walls of the nave are decorated with a large cycle of good Romanesque frescoe ...
(commonly called ''Ceson'', Venetian for Big Church), built around the 10th-11th century, in San Pietro in Valle.
*Church of ''San Prosdocimo'', dating from the 15th century, in Pradelle.
*Former church of ''San Giovanni Battista'', in Correzzo. The church was built on a Roman cemetery, initially of Aryan worship, has been remodeled over the centuries. The last major renovation took place in 1685. It is currently abandoned.
References
External links
* Cities and towns in Veneto {{Veneto-geo-stub