Gazzo Veronese is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

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in the Italian region

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, located about southwest of

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and about south of

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. Gazzo Veronese borders the following municipalities: Casaleone, Nogara, Ostiglia,

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,

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, Sustinente and Villimpenta. The economy is mostly based on agriculture.

History

Gazzo's area was inhabited since the

4th millennium BC The 4th millennium BC spanned the years 4000 BC to 3001 BC. Some of the major changes in human culture during this time included the beginning of the Bronze Age and the invention of writing, which played a major role in starting recorded history. ...

, 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

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. In the 9th century

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monks of the Veronese 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 of

Santa 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 large ...

, on the Tartaro river. Chiesa Gazzo1

*The ruins of Gazzo Castle. *Roman Tower (4th century AD). *The church of San Pietro in Valle (commonly called ''Ceson'', Venetian for Big Church), built around the 10th-11th century, in San Pietro in Valle. El Ceson

*Church of ''San Prosdocimo'', dating from the 15th century, in Pradelle. Chiesa 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