Castiglione delle Stiviere

Castiglione delle Stiviere
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Mantua  (MN)
Local name	Castiù
Coordinates	45 ° 24 ′  N , 10 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  E
surface	42 km²
Residents	23,822 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	567 inhabitants / km²
Factions	Astore, Barche, Fontane, Gozzolina, Grole, San Vigilio, Santa Maria
Post Code	46043
prefix	0376
ISTAT number	020017
Popular name	Castiglionesi
Patron saint	San Luigi Gonzaga
Website	Castiglione delle Stiviere
View of the city of Castiglione delle Stiviere

Castiglione delle Stiviere is a town south of Lake Garda in the province of Mantua in Italy . It has 23,822 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) and an area of ​​42 km².

history

The Battle of Castiglione took place near the village on August 5, 1796 . During Napoléon Bonaparte's Italian campaign , an attack by the Austrians under their commander Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser was repulsed.

After the battle of Solferino on June 24, 1859, innumerable wounded were brought to the town, which was about 8 kilometers from the fighting, and were given first aid there.

The terrorist organization Gruppe Ludwig carried out its last arson attack in Castiglione in 1984, in which the allegedly only group members were arrested.

The name Castiglione is widespread in Italy and is derived from Castello (castle). In fact, there is a large fort in the city center . The Basilica of San Luigi Gonzaga is dedicated to the city patron Aloisius von Gonzaga . Another attraction is the International Museum of the Red Cross , which opened in 1959 and has a very extensive range of information.

politics

The mayor is Fabrizio Paganella (since 2002, re-elected in 2007).

Town twinning

• Leutkirch im Allgäu , Germany, since 1995
• Barentin , France
• Monteprandone , Italy
• Bezzecca , Italy

sons and daughters of the town

• Aloisius von Gonzaga (1568–1591), prince of the Gonzaga house , Jesuit and saint of the Cath. church
• Cristian Savani (* 1982), volleyball player
• Nicola Leali (* 1993), football player

Connected to the place

• Henry Dunant (1828-1910), founder of the Red Cross

Web links

Commons : Castiglione delle Stiviere  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• City website (Italian)
• Website of the Museum of the Red Cross

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Napoleon . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 11, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 1002.
3. ^ Henry Dunant: A memory of Solferino, Basel 1863, p. 47f.