Lendinara

Lendinara
Country	Italy
region	Veneto
province	Rovigo  (RO)
Local name	Łendinara
Coordinates	45 ° 5 '  N , 11 ° 36'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 5 '6 "  N , 11 ° 36' 2"  E
height	9  m slm
surface	55.40 km²
Residents	11,550 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	208 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	45026
prefix	0425
ISTAT number	029029
Popular name	Lendinaresi
Patron saint	Beata Vergine del Pilastrello
Website	Lendinara

Piazza Risorgimento in Lendinara

Lendinara is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 11,550 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Rovigo in Veneto . The municipality borders directly on the province of Padua and is about 14.5 kilometers west of Rovigo and about 27 kilometers north of Ferrara . The Etsch flows on the northern edge of the municipality . Lendinara is part of the Polesine , the area between the Adige and the Po . A small tributary to the Adige, the Naviglio Adigetto, flows through the municipality . Lendinara has had the title città (city) since 1495.

history

Lendinara is originally a Celtic foundation. Numerous archaeological finds prove a rich settlement. The place was first mentioned in documents in 870. In 1246 the place was devastated by Ezzelino da Romano .

The Abbey Church of the Olivetans and Papal Minor Basilica of S. Maria del Pilastrello in Lendinara

traffic

Lendinara is on Strada Statale 499 . Strada Statale 434 Transpolesana runs a little south of the municipality, and to the east is the A31 autostrada from Padua to Bologna . There is a train station on the non-electrified railway line from Verona to Rovigo. The former train station in Ramodipalo is now closed.

Personalities

• Domenico Montagnana (1686–1750), violin maker, born in Lendinara
• Giuseppe Boerio (1754–1832), magistrate and judge of the Republic of Venice, born in Lendinara
• Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807–1882), general and independence fighter, was here for a short time President of the Società Operaia di Mutuo Soccorso
• Jessie White Mario (1832-1906), writer
• Vittorino Girardi (* 1938), Bishop of Tilarán-Liberia

Web links

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

• Homepage of the Abbey of the Olivetan Monks

Individual evidence

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