Legnago

Legnago
Country	Italy
region	Veneto
province	Verona  (VR)
Local name	Legnago
Coordinates	45 ° 12 ′  N , 11 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  E
height	16  m slm
surface	79.66 km²
Residents	25,570 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	321 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	37045, 37040 frazioni
prefix	0442
ISTAT number	023044
Popular name	Legnaghesi
Patron saint	San Martino
Website	Legnago

Legnago [ leɲˈɲaːɡo ] is a town with 25,570 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Verona , Veneto region in Italy .

Legnago is located about 39 km from Verona in the south of the province of the same name on the right bank of the Adige (Italian: Adige ). The area of ​​the village is 79.66 km² and the population density is 317 inhabitants / km². The patron saint of the city is Saint Martin .

history

Fortifications had existed since the 10th century and played an important role in the fighting during the establishment of the Republic of Venice .

In 1097 Alberto Azzo II. D'Este , the progenitor of the younger Guelphs and the Este family , was buried in the Vangadizza monastery in the Legnagos district of the same name .

Legnago 1866

Under Austrian rule, the place was part of the northern Italian fortress square (Italian: Quadrilatero ), which was built in 1815 to defend Lombardy in the places Peschiera , Mantova (Mantua) , Legnago and Verona . In the course of the German War of 1866, in which Italy was on the side of Prussia, these places with Veneto fell to Italy.

During the Second World War , the city was massively bombed, so today's cityscape is relatively modern.

traffic

Legnago is well connected to the neighboring towns in the Po Valley by various country roads . The A22 , A4 , A31 , A13 and A14 motorways are within around 30 kilometers . Regional trains run from the station to Verona , Rovigo and Mantua, among others . There is an airport for general aviation at Legnago . The nearest commercial airports are Verona , Venice and Bologna .

Culture

A famous son of the city is the composer Antonio Salieri (1750-1825), on the centenary of his death in 1925, the Teatro Salieri was inaugurated. The Antonio Salieri Festival , dedicated to the composer's work, has been held in Legnago at irregular intervals since 2000 . It is characterized above all by modern premieres of Salieri operas that have not been performed since his lifetime, including L'amore innocente (2000), Il ricco d'un giorno (2004) and Il mondo alla rovescia (2009) .

sons and daughters of the town

• Antonio Salieri (1750-1825), Italian-Austrian composer
• Placido Zurla (1769–1834), Abbot General of the Camaldolese, Cardinal Vicar in Rome
• Aldo Finzi (1891–1944), motorcycle racer, officer, fascist politician of Jewish origin, lawyer, sports politician and resistance fighter
• Pierluigi Cera (* 1941), football player
• Paolo Ruberti (* 1975), racing car driver
• Massimo Rossi (1992–2016), Italian-German motorboat enthusiast

Web links

Commons : Legnago  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Teatro Salieri (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.