Comune di Rovigo
Country	Italy
Region	Veneto
Province	Rovigo (RO)
Altitude	6 m
Area	108 km²
Population  - City  - Density	50,883 (as of December 31, 2004) 446/km²
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	43°43′N 10°24′E
Frazioni	see list
Telephone Prefix	0425
Postal Code	45100
Gentilic	Rodigini
Patron:  - Saint   -Day	San Bellino November 26
Mayor	Fausto Merchiori (since June 2006)
Website	www.comune.rovigo.it

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Geography

Rovigo stands on the low ground between the lower courses of the rivers Adige and Po, 80 km by rail SW of Venice and 40 km SSW of Padua, and on the Adigetto Canal. The low ground between the lower Po and the lower Adige and the sea is known as Polesine, a name the derivation of which is much discussed, generally applied only to the province of Rovigo, but is sometimes extended to the neighborhood of Adria and Ferrara. Adige (Italian; Etsch in German) is a river with its source in the region of South Tyrol, Italy. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Ancient map of Rovigo.

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History

Rovigo (Rhodigium) appears to be mentioned in a document from Ravenna dating from 838. It was selected as his residence by the bishop of Adria on the destruction of his city by the Hungarian ravagers. The current Torre Donà is a remain of the castle built in 920 by the bishop of Adria, Paolo Cattaneo. His successor, Florio Cattaneo, built a line of wall in the 1130s. Ravenna is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. ...

In 1194 Rovigo became a possession of Azzo VI d'Este, duke of Ferrara, who took the title of count of the city. The Este authority ended in 1482, when the Venetians took the place by siege and retained possession of it by the peace of 1484. Although the Este more than once recovered the city, the Venetians, returning in 1514, retained possession till the French Revolution. In 1806 Napoleon Bonaparte created it a duché grand-fief for general Anne Jean Marie René Savary. The Austrians in 1815 created it a royal city. Ferrara is a city, an archiepiscopal see in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, capital city of the province of Ferrara. ... Events Portuguese fortify Fort Elmina on the Gold Coast Tizoc rules the Aztecs Diogo Cão, a Portuguese navigator, becomes the first European to sail up the Congo. ... The Most Serene Republic of Venice (Venetian: Serenìsima Repùblica Vèneta; Italian: ) was a Venetian city-state in Northeastern Italy, based around the city of Venice. ... The term duke is a title of nobility which refers to the sovereign male ruler of a Continental European duchy, to a nobleman of the highest grade of the British peerage, or to the highest rank of nobility in various other European countries, including Portugal, Spain and France (in Italy... Anne Jean Marie René Savary, duke of Rovigo (April 26, 1774 - June, 1833), French general and diplomatist, was born at Marcq in the Ardennes. ...

The famous church "La Rotonda" in Rovigo.

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Main sights

The architecture of the town bears the stamp both of Venetian and of Ferrarese influence. Main sights include:

• The ruins of the Castle (10th century), of which two towers remain
• The church of Madonna del Soccorso, best known as La Rotonda. If was built between 1594 and 1606 by Francesco Zamberlan of Bassano, a pupil of Palladio, to house a miraculous image of a sitting Madonna with Child carrying a rose. The edifice has octagonal plan, surrounded by a portico, begun in 1594. The original construction had a cupola, which was later substituted by a simple ceiling for static reasons. The fine campanile, standing at 57 m, is by Baldassarre Longhena (1655-1673). The walls of the interior of the church are wholly covered by 17th centuries paintings, forming something a gallery of Venetian 17th century art, with a highly suggestive effect.
• The Cathedral ("Duomo", entitled to St. Stephen), originally built before the 11th century, but rebuilt in 1461 and again in 1696. The art works of the interior include is a Resurrection of Christ by Palma the Younger.
• The church of the Immacolata Concezione (1213).
• The church of St. Francis, in Gothic-Romanesque style but with extensive intervention from the 19th century. The belfry is from 1520. In the interior are several Saints sculpltures by Tullio Lombardo (1526).
• The Town hall, which contains a library including some rare early editions, belonging to the Accademia de Concordi, founded in 1580, and a fair picture gallery enriched with the spoils of the monasteries.
• Palazzo Roverella, largely restored but still a good example of Renaissance architecture.
• Palazzo Roncale, a fine Renaissance building by Sanmicheli (1555).
• Palazzo Venezze (1715)
• The Pinacoteca dei Concordi ("Concordi Gallery") houses important paintings, including a Madonna with Child and Christ with the Cross by Giovanni Bellini, a Flagellation of Chrits by Palma the Elder, a Venus with the Mirror by Jan Gossaert, and portraits by Tiepolo and Alessandro Longhi.

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Fractions

Barchessa Candiani, Basso Cavallo, Boara Polesine, Boaria San Marco, Borsea, Braga-Cantonazzo, Buso, Busovecchio, Ca'Bianca, Ca'Matte, Ca'Lunga, Campagna Terzi, Campagnazza, Cantonazzo, Capolavia, Ca'Rangon, Concadirame, Corte Lazzarini, Fenile Morosina, Fenil del Turco, Granzette, Grignano Polesine, Grompo, Grumolo, Le Casette, Le Giarelle, Le Sorbolaro, L'Olmo, Mardimago, Roverdicrè, San Sisto, Santa Libera, Santa Rita, Sant'Apollinare, Sarzano, Spianata.

Twin cities

• - Bedford, United Kingdom;
• - Tulcea, Romania;
• - Schlanders-Silandro, Italy;
• - Viernheim, Germany.

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Sport

Rovigo is home of Rugby Rovigo. Other practiced sports include football, swimming and handball. Rugby Rovigo is a Italian rugby union club currently competing in Super 10. ...

Transportation

Rovigo has a railway station on the line between Bologna and Padua, with branches to Legnago and Chioggia.

Sources

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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External links

• Heraldica.org - Napoleonic heraldry
• provincial website, in Italian
• Map of Rovigo

Veneto · Communes of the province of Rovigo

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