Pavia (Italy)

45 11 '00 "N 9 09' 00" E / 45.18333, 9.15000

Pavia
Instead of victory
Administration
Italian name	Pavia
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Pavia
Istat Code	018110
Postcode	27100
Prefix such.	0382
Website	www.comune.pv.it
Culture and Demography
Population	71 184 hab. (31-12-2009 Source ISTAT )
Density	1 148 inhabitants / km 2
Demonym	Pavesi (French Pavese)
Patron saint	San Siro
Local Festival	December 9
Geography
Contact	45 11 '00 "North 9 09 '00 "East / 45.18333, 9.15000
Altitude	77 m
Area	62 km
Cadastral code	G388

Pavia is a city of the province of the same name in Lombardy ( Italy ).

Pavia Pavia is named in Italian and Lombard. From the ^sixth century, the city is named Papia, likely a derivative of the name of a people of Rome.

In Roman times, the name of Pavia Ticinum, derived from the name of the river Ticino (Ticino in Italian), the etymology of this last name is uncertain.

Geography

Situation

Pavia is located on the banks of the Ticino , about ten miles upstream from its confluence with the Po. Milan in the north is 35 kilometers; gene , south, 90 km Turin , west, 110 km.

The city is located in the Po valley , north-west of the Italian peninsula in the northern province of Pavia , itself in the south-west of Lombardy.

Climate

The climate is typical of Pavia average Po Valley. The winters are cold and wet, summers are hot and sometimes interrupted by storms that temporarily refresh the atmosphere. Spring and autumn are the wettest periods.

Hamlets

The current municipality of Pavia was formed over the centuries thanks to the combination of several municipalities. In 1883, the municipality of Pavia di body health, which included farms and suburbs of the city just outside the city walls, was built in Pavia. Areas that are not near the center belonged to three jurisdictions: the Parco Visconteo the Campagna and Campagna Sottana Soprana. Pavia includes the hamlets following: Albertario, Ca 'della Terra, Cantone Tre Miglia Cassinino, Cittadella, Fossarmato, Mirabello, Montebellino, Pantaleone, Prado and Villalunga.

Common Boundary

Pavia is adjacent municipalities of Borgarello , Carbonara al Ticino , Certosa di Pavia , Cura Carpignano , Marcignago , San Genesio ed Uniti , San Martino Siccomario , Sant'Alessio con Vialone , Torre d'Isola , Travac Siccomario and Valle Salimbene.

History

The founding date of Pavia is unknown but probably dates from Roman times, it is first name of its river, Ticinum. Military camp, the city is gaining importance in 187 BC. AD when it is reached by an extension of the Via Emilia. Little is known about Ticinum: it is a municipium , a triumphal arch was erected in honor of Augustus and became a mint to ^III and IV ^centuries.Cornelius Nepos probably born there. The Historic Centre of Pavia, a quadrilateral a square kilometer, has the typical structure derived from a Roman camp with two perpendicular axes, the cardo and decumanus.

Pavia was sacked by Attila in 452. In 476, Odoacer defeats Flavius Orestes at Pavia after a long siege. In retaliation, Odoacer destroyed the city completely. After the conquest of Lombardy , Pavia became the capital of the new Lombard kingdom in 568, under the name of Papia. Theodoric built a palace, baths, an amphitheater and a new speaker.

In 774, after a siege, Charlemagne conquered Pavia and captured Didier Lombardy , assuming the crown of the Lombard kingdom. Pavia remains the capital of the kingdom of Italy's royal coronations took place in the Basilica of San Michele Maggiore.

In the twelfth ^century Pavia acquired the status of autonomous municipality. In the struggle between Guelphs and Ghibellines , Pavia is traditionally Ghibelline position caused both by his rivalry with Milan as that attitude of defiance to the emperor. At the Treaty of Pavia in 1329, Emperor Louis IV granted the Palatinate to the descendants of his brother, the Duke Rudolph ^I.. Pavia struggle against the domination of Milan, but was finally annexed by the families Visconti , Dukes of Milan in 1359. Under the Visconti Pavia became an intellectual and artistic center. The University of Pavia was founded in 1361 from a former law school pre-existing and attracts students from many countries.

On February 24, 1525, the Battle of Pavia sees the victory of Charles V on ^Francis I.. It leads to a period of Spanish occupation that lasted until 1713. Pavia was then ruled by Austria until 1796, then conquered and sacked by the French from the Italian army. In 1815, she returns under Austrian control.

After the campaign of Italy , Pavia is met, like the rest of Lombardy, the kingdom of Sardinia. The unification of Italy led to the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy a year later.

Monuments and Heritage

Religious buildings

Pavia is one of the milestones of the Via Francigena , pilgrimage route that leads to Rome. It has many religious buildings.

• The most remarkable religious monuments of Pavia is his monastery , located 8 km north of the city. Founded in 1396, it includes a monastery of the Carthusian Order , its construction was completed in the ^eighteenth century constant addition of new decorations. The monastery is still used by monks, but is open to visitors.

• The construction of the Duomo (cathedral) began in 1488 but not finished until 1898 with the construction of the facade and dome following the original plan. The building has an octagonal plan. The central dome is 97 meters high and weighs 20,000 tons and is the third largest dome in Italy, after those of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and the Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. The cathedral houses the remains of St. Siro, first bishop of Pavia (II ^century). In 1989, the tower of City Hall, located on the left side of the church collapsed

• The Basilica of San Michele Maggiore is an example of Romanesque church architecture in Lombardy. It is located on the site of a church Lombard pre-existing, with the lower tower is part. Destroyed in 1004, the church was rebuilt in the late eleventh ^century and completed in 1155. It is characterized by the use of sandstone and a very long transept , with a facade and apse own. Frederick Barbarossa was crowned there in 1155.

• The Basilica of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro founded in the early ^sixth century , was rebuilt in 1132. It houses the tomb of St. Augustine , and the remains of the Lombard king Liutprand (d. 744), which was reported in Sardinia relics of St. Augustine, and the tomb of Boethius. San Michele Maggiore similar, it differs by its asymmetrical facade with a single portal, the use of brick rather than sandstone and for indoors, lack of matronei (galleries reserved for women) and a shorter transept. The arch welcoming the relics of St. Augustine was built in 1362 by artists from Campione and is decorated with 150 statues and bas-reliefs. The church is mentioned by Dante Alighieri in his Divine Comedy.

• The Basilica of San Teodoro , dedicated to medieval bishop Theodore , was the third basilica Roman city, and the smallest. It is situated on the slopes leading to the Ticino and were used by fishermen. Inside, two frescoes depicting overviews of Pavia date from 1525 and are attributed to the painter Bernardino Lanzani. They are extremely detailed and show that the urban plan of Pavia has changed very little over the last 500 years.

• The church of Santa Maria del Carmine is an example of Gothic architecture in brick in northern Italy. This is the second largest church after the Cathedral of Pavia and his plan to form a Latin cross. Its facade has a large characteristic rosette.

• The church Renaissance of Santa Maria di Canepanova is attributed to Bramante.

• The Church of Santi Gervasio e Protasio is dedicated to the martyrs ^of the third century and Gervasio Protasio and would house their relics.

• The Sant'Eusebio church has a crypt of the ^seventh century of Lombard architecture.

Gallery

Cathedral of Pavia.	Basilica San Michele Maggiore.	Church of Santa Maria del Carmine.	Facade of the Basilica of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro.
Tomb of St. Augustine in the Church of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro.	Facade of the Certosa di Pavia.	Church of Santi Gervasio e Protasio.

Other monuments

The Visconti Castle (Castello Visconti), built between 1360 and 1365 by Galeazzo II Visconti , is a large fortified building as a private house rather than a fortress. The poet Petrarch lived there after accepting the invitation of Gian Galeazzo Visconti to deal with the library, contains one thousand books and manuscripts since lost. The castle houses the museum of the city.

The University of Pavia , founded in 1361, is one of the oldest in Europe, a school of rhetoric is mentioned as early as 825, in a chapter of King Lothaire , possibly making the center of the proto-oldest university of Europe. The central building is a block of twelve courses from the fifteenth ^tonineteenth ^centuries. The facade is from the Baroque Neoclassicism

Pavia preserves medieval towers, mostly in the corner of Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, Via Luigi Porta and Piazza Collegio Borromeo.

The Ponte Coperto is a covered bridge which crosses the Ticino and connects the old city on the right bank. The bridge is the reconstruction of an older bridge dating from the ^fourteenth century and seriously damaged during the Second World War.

Culture

Museums

• Natural History Museum in Pavia
• Museum in the Castle Vinsconteo

Administration

Demographics

Residents identified

Twinnings

• Besanon ( France ) since 1964

See also

• Battle of Pavia
• List of Italian cities over 25,000 inhabitants
• List of major Italian cities ranked by number of inhabitants

External Links

• Official Website of the Municipality of Pavia

• Geography portal
• Italy portal

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