Comune di Voghera
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Pavia (PV)
Mayor	Aurelio Angelo Torriani (since April 2005)
Elevation	96 m (315 ft)
Area	63 km² (24 sq mi)
Population (as of December 31, 2004)
- Total	38,426
- Density	610/km² (1,580/sq mi)
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	44°59′33″N, 09°00′33″E
Gentilic	Vogheresi or Iriensi
Dialing code	0383
Postal code	27058
Frazioni	Medassino, Oriolo, Valle, Torremenapace, Campoferro
Patron	San Bovo
- Day	First Friday before Ascension
Website: www.comune.voghera.pv.it

Voghera is a town and municipality (It. comune) of Lombardy, Italy, in the province of Pavia. It is located 30 km south-southwest of that city, on the Staffora (a tributary of the Po). Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... The Regions of Italy were granted a degree of regional autonomy in the 1948 constitution, which states that the constitutions role is: to recognize, protect and promote local autonomy, to ensure that services at the State level are as decentralized as possible, and to adapt the principles and laws... For the village of the same name in Ontario, Canada, see Lombardy, Ontario. ... In Italy, a province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between municipality (comune) and region (regione). ... Pavia (It. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries that do not observe summer time Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... Here are a list of area codes in Italy. ... A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other subdivisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere. ... In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality. ... For the village of the same name in Ontario, Canada, see Lombardy, Ontario. ... Pavia (It. ... The Po (Latin: Padus, Italian: Po) is a river that flows 652 kilometers (405 miles) eastward across northern Italy, from Monviso (in the Cottian Alps) to the Adriatic Sea near Venice. ...

The Castle of Voghera in a 19th century etching.

The neighbourhood produces much silk, in which, as well as in corn and wine, an active trade is carried on.

History

Known in ancient times as Iria, it took its name from the river on which it was situated. It was on the road from Piacenza to Dertona, and was made a colony by Augustus (colonia Forum Iulium Iriensium). Piacenza (Placentia in Latin and old-fashioned English, Piasëinsa in the local dialect of Emiliano-Romagnolo) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. ... For the medieval scholar Tortona, see Marziano da Tortona Tortona is a comune of Piedmont, in the Province of Alessandria, Italy. ... For other persons named Octavian, see Octavian (disambiguation). ...

In the 1st century CE it was destroyed by the Rugi, and it's next mentioned as Viqueria in the 10th century. After several lordships, it was acquired by the House of Savoy in 1743 with the Concordat of Worms. Five years later it became provincial capital. The Rugians (Latin rugii) were an East Germanic tribe whose ultimate origins have been traced to Rogaland in Norway, whose population probably was the Rugii that Jordanes mentioned as a tribe that still remained in Scandza. ... The House of Savoy or in Italian, La Casa di Savoia, or simply Casa Savoia, (or Savoie, French) is a dynasty of nobles who traditionally had their domain in Savoy, a region that includes present-day Piemonte, other parts of Northern Italy, and a smaller region in France. ... The Concordat of Worms, sometimes called the Pactum Calixtinum by papal historians, was an agreement between Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V on September 23, 1122 near the city of Worms. ...

In 1800 it was occupied by the troops of Napoleon, who set his headquarters in the Palazzo Dattili for the battle of Montebello. In 1805 it became part of the département of Genoa; after the French defeat in 1814, it was captured by the Austrians, who handed it over to the Piedmontese. In 1860 it was included in the province of Pavia. Combatants Austria[a] Portugal Prussia[a] Russia[b] Sicily[c] Sardinia  Spain[d]  Sweden[e] United Kingdom French Empire Holland[f] Italy Etruria[g] Naples[h] Duchy of Warsaw[i] Confederation of the Rhine[j] Bavaria Saxony Westphalia Württemberg Denmark-Norway[k] Commanders Archduke Charles Prince Schwarzenberg Karl Mack... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... The Battle of Montebello was fought on 9 June 1800 near Montebello in Lombardy. ... Gênes is the name of a département of the First French Empire in present Italy. ...

During World War II, owing to its strategic position on the roads Milan-Genoa and Turin-Bologna, it was heavily bombed by the Allies. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... This article is about the independent states that comprised the Allies. ...

On May 31, 1962, it was the location of a railway disaster that killed 62 people. is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Main sights

• The Castle, erected by the Visconti in 1335-1372.
• Palazzo Gounela, the current Town Hall.
• The large Cathedral of Saint Lawrence dates from the 11th century, but was remodelled in the Baroque style about the beginning of the 17th.
• The church of St. Joseph, with a noteworthy Baroque façade.
• The suppressed church of Sant'Ilario, also known as Tempio alla Cavalleria or Chiesa Rossa ("Cavalry Temple" or "Red Church"), so called from the red colour of the brick of which it is built. It dates from the 8th-10th centuries.

The Historic Museum houses, among the others, the personal A112 car of General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, killed by mafia in 1982, and the weapon that allegedly killed Benito Mussolini. Coat of Arms of the Visconti of Milan depicting the biscione, a serpent who appears to be swallowing a human, but is actually giving birth to it. ... For other uses of Saint Lawrence, see Saint Lawrence (disambiguation) Saint Lawrence (c. ... For other uses, see Baroque (disambiguation). ... The Autobianchi A112 was an Italian automobile. ... Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa (September 27, 1920, Saluzzo, province of Cuneo – 3 September 1982, Palermo) was a general of the Italian carabinieri notable for campaigning against terrorism during Italys 1970s strategy of tension, and later assassinated by the Mafia in Palermo. ... This article is about the criminal society. ... Mussolini redirects here. ...

The Cathedral of Voghera.

Notable people

• Fashion designer Valentino Garavani, best known simply as Valentino.
• Mauro Nespoli, archer of the Italian National Team.
• Futurist painter Ambrogio Casati.
• Computer art pioneer Aldo Giorgini.
• The housewife from Voghera (Italian: casalinga di Voghera) is a stereotypical figure representing the average housewife.
• Writers Alberto Arbasino, Carolina Invernizio, and Alessandro Maragliano.
• Watchmaker Giovanni Sordi
• The Maserati Brothers, automobile engineers
• Sandro Bolchi, cinema director
• Giovanni Plana, astronomist

Valentino is a fashion house created by Valentino Garavani, a famous fashion designer born on May 11, 1932, in the town of Voghera, Italy. ... Ambrogio Casati (1897 – 1977) was an Italian painter. ... Aldo Giorgini (born March 15, 1934 in Voghera, Italy), was a noted artist and a pioneer in computer graphics (and father of music producer Mass Giorgini). ... For other uses, see Stereotype (disambiguation). ... The Maserati Brothers were involved with automobiles from the beginning of the 20th century. ... Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana (November 6, 1781–January 20, 1864) was an Italian astronomer and mathematician. ...

Twin cities

• - Manosque, France
• - Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany

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References

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

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