Oliva Gessi 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 Pavia The province of Pavia ( it, Provincia di Pavia) is a province in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy; its capital is Pavia. , the province has a population of 548,722 inhabitants and an area of ; the town of Pavia has a population of 72,205. ...

in the

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region

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, located about south 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 south of

Pavia Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the capit ...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 196 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute

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. Oliva Gessi borders the following municipalities: Calvignano,

Casteggio Casteggio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 61 km south of Milan and about 25 km south of Pavia. As of 31 July 2010, it had a population of 6,537 and an area of 17.8&nbs ...

, Corvino San Quirico,

Montalto Pavese Montalto Pavese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km south of Milan and about 25 km south of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 941 and an area of ...

, Mornico Losana, Torricella Verzate.

History

Oliva has been known since 972, when it was donated by Emperor

Otto I Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), traditionally known as Otto the Great (german: Otto der Große, it, Ottone il Grande), was East Francia, East Frankish king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the olde ...

to his daughter in law Theophano, who then in turn donated it (along with other properties in the nearby villages of Montalto and Mairano near

) to the monastery of Santa Maria delle Cacce in

. Passed under the dominion of Pavia (1164), it was included in the podesteria (jurisdiction) of

enfeoffed to the family Belcredi. The domain of the monastery continued, as mere possession of land, under the rule of the feudal lords of Montalto; before the seventeenth century the property was passed to the family Isimbardi of Pavia, vassals of the neighboring

Santa Giuletta Santa Giuletta is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km south of Milan and about 15 km south of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,605 and an area of ...

, who owned the castle and about two thirds of the lands of the village. With the extinction of the family Isimbardi in 1878, the property of the estate of Oliva passed to the De Benedetti family of Turin and then to another family from Milan. Between 1928 and 1946 the municipality was abolished and aggregated to Corvino San Quirico. Oliva Gessi

Demographic evolution

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References

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