Lomello

Lomello
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Pavia  (PV)
Local name	Lümé
Coordinates	45 ° 7 ′  N , 8 ° 48 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E
height	99  m slm
surface	22 km²
Residents	2,107 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	96 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	27034
prefix	0384
ISTAT number	018083
Popular name	lomellesi
Website	http://www.comune.lomello.pv.it/

Lomello is an Italian commune with 2107 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Pavia in the Lombardy region ; it is located about 50 km southwest of Milan and 30 km west of Pavia on the right bank of the Agogna . The place is the center of the Lomellina . Neighboring municipalities to Lomello are: Ferrera Erbognone , Galliavola , Mede , Ottobiano , San Giorgio di Lomellina , Semiana , Velezzo Lomellina , Villa Biscossi

Ruins of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore

history

In Roman times, one was Mansio Laumellum known she was on the Via Regina , the Roman road that runs along the old road of the Gauls Pavia with Turin association. Excavations have unearthed inscriptions, graves from imperial times, as well as remains of walls and a gate.

At the time of the Lombards Lomello acquired a certain prosperity. It was here that Theudelinde , Authari's widow , met Agilulf , Duke of Turin, in 590 . Her daughter Gundeperga , the wife of King Arioald , was imprisoned in a tower for three years on charges of cheating on her husband, until a divine verdict gave her her freedom.

During the Carolingian era , Lomello was the seat of a Comes , in 1024 the place became the residence of a Count Palatine . At the same time, the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore was built as a symbol of power and prosperity. From 1360 Lomello belonged to the sphere of influence of the Visconti , later to that of the Sforza . Francesco Sforza transferred the territory to the Crivelli family , who ruled here until 1760.

Population development

• 1861: 2635
• 1871: 2947
• 1881: 3299
• 1901: 3317
• 1911: 3268
• 1921: 3113
• 1931: 2881
• 1936: 3006
• 1951: 3110
• 1961: 2864
• 1971: 2677
• 1981: 2556
• 1991: 2392
• 2001: 2378

Attractions

• Remains of the medieval city walls
• Ruins of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore (11th century)
• Baptistery of San Giovanni ad fontes (5th - 7th centuries)
• Church of San Michele ( Romanesque , 12th century)
• Castle (15th century)

Personalities

• Giovan Battista Magnaghi (1839–1902), admiral, oceanographer, scientist and inventor

Individual evidence

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