Pieve del Cairo

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Pieve del Cairo
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Pieve del Cairo (Italy)
Pieve del Cairo
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Pavia  (PV)
Local name la Piév
Coordinates 45 ° 2 '  N , 8 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 2 '0 "  N , 8 ° 48' 0"  E
height 80  m slm
surface 25.5 km²
Residents 1,828 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 72 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 27037
prefix 0384
ISTAT number 018113
Popular name Pievesi
Patron saint Natività di Maria Vergine (September 8th)
Website Pieve del Cairo
View of Pieve del Cairo
View of Pieve del Cairo

Pieve del Cairo is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 1828 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Pavia in Lombardy .

geography

The municipality is located about 28 km west-southwest of the provincial capital Pavia and about 55 km southwest of the regional capital Milan on the left side of the Po in the Lomellina area and borders directly on the province of Alessandria ( Piedmont ). The place is 80  m slm and in the climatic classification of Italian municipalities in zone E, 2 619 GG.

The districts include Cairo (Cairo Lomellino), Cascina Provvidenza , Cascine Nuove and Gallia .

The neighboring communities are Bassignana ( AL ), Ferrera Erbognone , Galliavola , Gambarana , Isola Sant'Antonio (AL), Mede , Mezzana Bigli and Villa Biscossi .

history

The first inhabitants of the area around Cairo were the Ligurians . The place originated first as Cairo ( Cajri Veteri Ixolaria , also Cairo Vecchio , today Cairo Lomellino , today a district of Pieve del Cairo) north of the confluence of Tanaro and Po. Today's main town was created by the Pieve a few meters northeast of Cairo. In the possession of the Conti palatini di Lomello, Cairo was taken by Friedrich Barbarossa in 1155 . Pieve del Cairo was first mentioned in 1191. Around 1410 Pieve del Cairo was subordinate to the Beccaria , who ruled until the end of the 16th century, then from 1597 the place was subordinate to the Isimbardi . A special event took place in June 1512 when Giovanni de 'Medici was released from captivity in Pieve del Cairo after the Battle of Ravenna on April 11th.

In 1818 the place Gallia was assigned to the municipality. The current district of Cairo Lomellino was an independent municipality since the unification of Italy in 1861. Until May 12, 1863, the place was called Cairo, then until it was incorporated on January 1, 1891, Cairo Lomellino.

Attractions

Beata Vergine della Consolazione, church in the town center
  • Beata Vergine della Consolazione , church in the town center, early 16th century.
  • San Giovanni Battista , church in the town center.
  • Castello Beccaria , castle in the town center, 12th century.
  • Arco Trionfale , triumphal arch , created in 1599 by Marchese Isimbardi in honor of Margaret of Austria , who was passing through to her wedding in Spain.
  • Chiesa del Cairo , church in the district of Cairo Lomellino.
  • San Pietro , church in the Gallia district.

traffic

The former Strada Statale 211 della Lomellina (now a provincial road) leads through the municipality from Pozzolo Formigaro to Novara .

Sons and daughters of the church

gallery

  • Pictures of Pieve del Cairo

  • The Church of San Giovanni Battista

  • Beccaria Castle

  • Arco Trionfale

  • Chiesa del Cairo (Cairo Lomellino)

literature

  • Goffredo Casalis: Dizionario geografico, storico, statistico, commerciale degli stati di SM il Re di Sardegna. Vol. XV, Turin 1847, p. 57 ff. ( Google books )

Web links

Commons : Pieve del Cairo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ a b Goffredo Casalis: Dictionnaire geografico, storico, statistico, commerciale degli stati di SM il Re di Sardegna.
  3. ↑ a b tuttitalia.it: Pieve del Cairo. Retrieved January 22, 2019 (Italian)
  4. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), accessed on January 22, 2019 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
  5. ↑ a b Associazione culturale "Aldo Pecora" on the history of the place , accessed on January 22, 2019 (Italian)
  6. ↑ a b Website of the municipality on the history of the place , accessed on January 21, 2019 (Italian)
  7. ↑ Storia dei Comuni. Variazioni Amministrative dall'Unità d'Italia: 018810 Cairo Lomellino (Pavia) , accessed on January 22, 2019 (Italian)