Polesella is a ''
comune
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'' (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
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Veneto was part of the Roman Empire unt ...
, located about southwest of
Venice
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and about south 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 ...
.
Polesella borders the following municipalities:
Arquà Polesine
Arquà Polesine (; vec, Arquà Połesine) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about southwest of Rovigo.
Arquà Polesine borders the following municipalit ...
,
Bosaro
Bosaro is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about south of Rovigo.
Bosaro borders the following municipalities: Arquà Polesine, Guarda Veneta, Polesella, ...
,
Canaro,
Frassinelle Polesine
Frassinelle Polesine is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about southwest of Rovigo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,559 and an area of .All ...
,
Guarda Veneta
Guarda Veneta is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region of Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about south of Rovigo.
Guarda Veneta borders the following municipalities: Bosaro, Crespino, Pol ...
,
Ro.
In 1509 it was the location of the
homonymous battle between the
Venetian fleet and the troops of
Ferrara
Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...
. The town is home to the Palazzo Grimani, a 16th-century patrician residence attributed to
Vincenzo Scamozzi
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and the Villa Morosini (16th–17th centuries).
Twin towns
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Lučenec
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, Slovakia
*
Svetvinčenat
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Description ...
, Croatia
References
External links
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Cities and towns in Veneto
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