Lodi (Lombardy)

Lodi
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Lodi (LO)
Local name	Lòd
Coordinates	45 ° 19 ′ N , 9 ° 30 ′ E Coordinates: 45 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ N , 9 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E
height	87 m slm
surface	41 km²
Residents	46,050 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	1,123 inhabitants / km²
Factions	Vedi elenco
Post Code	26900
prefix	0371
ISTAT number	098031
Popular name	Lodigiani or Laudensi
Patron saint	San Bassiano (January 19)
Website	Lodi
	; Lodi; Piazza della Vittoria

Lodi ( German outdated: Lauden ) is a town with 46,050 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of the same name ( Province of Lodi ) in the Italian region of Lombardy . Lodi is located about 30 km southeast of Milan on the Adda River .

Districts

Within the area next to the main town that are fractions Fontana, Olmo and San Grato, further rural districts Bottedo, Mozzanica, Pesalupo, Portadore Alto, Riolo, Tre Cascine and Vigadore.

history

Lodi was founded as a village called Alauda (" skylark ") by the Boians . Later the village became a Roman Municipium and was named Laus Pompeia after Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo .

The city had been the seat of a bishopric since the 4th century , but the early days of the diocese until the 9th century are completely in the dark. According to legend, the Roman legionaries Felix of Africa and Nabor are said to have suffered martyrdom by beheading in Lodi as Christians around 304.

It gained importance under the late Ottonian emperors at the end of the 10th century. Due to the associated boom in trade, Lodi came into conflict with Milan . After several wars, Lodi was destroyed by Milanese troops and in 1158 about 7 km from the old settlement core (today as Lodi Vecchio - old Lodi - an independent municipality) was founded and fortified with the help of Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa . A peace agreement with Milan was not reached until 1198, from which both cities also benefited economically.

The 13th century was marked by social unrest and party struggles between Ghibellines and Guelphs , in which Milan intervened several times. During the first half of the 14th century, the Visconti family gained power in the city. Lodi remained part of the territory of Milan . In 1454 a peace treaty between Milan and Venice was signed here . The Peace of Lodi was significant as it ensured peace in the region for several decades.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his father stayed in Lodi on the evening of March 15, 1770 on the return journey from Milan via Bologna to Salzburg. That evening, the 14-year-old wrote his 1st string quartet KV 80, which is nicknamed "Lodi", in a pub.

The Battle of Lodi between French and Austrian troops took place near the city on May 10, 1796 during the First Coalition War .

In 1859 the Province of Lodi was dissolved and the city was subordinated to the Province of Milan .

In 1992 the area around Lodi was separated from the province of Milan and the province of Lodi was created.

Lodi has been a bishopric ( diocese of Lodi ) since the earliest times . Pope Benedict XVI appointed the new bishop . on November 14, 2005 the previous auxiliary bishop from the Archdiocese of Milan , Giuseppe Merisi , who had previously been titular bishop of Drusiliana .

Chiesa di San Francesco in Piazza Ospitale

Memorial plaque on the house where the poet Ada Negri was born in Corso Roma

Commemorative plaque on the former inn in Corso Giuseppe Mazzini 88a: “Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart stopped in this house on March 15, 1770 during his first trip to Italy "

Attractions

Squares and streets

Piazza Vittoria
Broletto
Piazza Mercato
Piazza Castello
Piazza Ospitale
Piazza San Lorenzo
Corso Roma
Corso Vittorio Emanuele
Corso Umberto
Viale IV November
Viale Dante

Churches

San Bassiano , Cathedral of the Diocese of Lodi
Santuario dell'Incoronata
San Francesco
San Lorenzo
Sant'Agnese
San Cristoforo

Most important residential palaces

Palazzo Mozzanica
Palazzo Vistarini
Palazzo Barni
Palazzo Modignani

Parks

Giardini Pubblici
Parco dell'Isola Carolina
Parco di Villa Braila

education and Science

Since 2005 there has been a technical-scientific center in Lodi, made up of the Padano Technology Park and some facilities from the University of Milan , mainly the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine with a veterinary clinic for large animals.

traffic

The Lodi railway station is located on the by RFI operated Milan-Bologna railway .

sons and daughters of the town

Bianca Balti (* 1984), photo model
Michele Bartyan (* 1980), racing car driver
Camillo Berneri (1897–1937), philosopher and anarchist
Giuseppe Campari (1892–1933), racing car driver
Eugenio Castellotti (1930–1957), racing car driver
Ettore Chimeri (1924–1960), racing car driver
Delfino Codazzi (1824–1873), mathematician
Luigi Dadda (1923–2012), computer scientist, computer pioneer
Andrea Dossena (* 1981), football player
Italo Gariboldi (1879–1970), General in World War II , Governor of Libya
Lorenzo Guerini (* 1966), politician
Giampiero Marini (* 1951), football player
Attilio Marinoni (1892–1940), racing car driver
Ada Negri (1870–1945), poet
Angelo Panzini (1820–1886), composer and music teacher
Giovanni Pietro de Pomis (around 1565–1633), painter, architect, medalist, fortress builder
Edoardo Scotti (* 2000), sprinter
Hannibal Marchese di Sommariva (1755–1829), Austrian general, governor general of the Tuscan provinces
Giuseppina Strepponi (1815–1897), opera singer and Giuseppe Verdi's second wife