NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Province of Rovigo

It has an area of 1,790 sq km, and a total population of 242,538 (2001). There are 50 communes in the province (source: Italian institute of statistics Istat, see this link (http://www.upinet.it/indicatore.asp?id_statistiche=6)).

External link

Provincia di Rovigo homepage (in Italian) (http://www.provincia.rovigo.it)

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JEWISH AND KOSHER ITALY - VENETO - ROVIGO (1102 words)
	the Provinces of Venice, Padua and Verona to the north;
	With the fall of the Roman Empire, Rovigo City is spared from the barbaric invasions thanks to the swamplands that surround it.
	Torre Donà, is one of the tallest towers in all of Italy and Torre Mozza is part of the remains of the castle that was built to defend Rovigo City.

Cucina Italiana: Venetia - Rovigo and the Polesine (901 words)
	Cucina Italiana: Venetia - Rovigo and the Polesine
	Rovigo is the chief town in the Polesine (Po Delta), lying between the rivers Po and Adige, but more in the vicinity of the latter which is amongst the most fertile flat land in Italy.
	The province corresponds with the area called Polesine (a name deriving from the medieval Latin 'policinum' signifying a marshy area), one which is completely flat, formed in recent times by the accumulation of fluvial silts deposited amongst the lower reaches of the Adige and the Po rivers.

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