Rovigo

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Rovigo
coat of arms
Rovigo (Italy)
Rovigo
Country Italy
region Veneto
province Rovigo  (RO)
Local name Rovigo
Coordinates 45 ° 4 '  N , 11 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 4 '0 "  N , 11 ° 47' 0"  E
height 6  m slm
surface 108 km²
Residents 51,049 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 473 inhabitants / km²
Factions Vedi elenco
Post Code 45100
prefix 0425
ISTAT number 029041
Popular name Rodigini
Patron saint San Bellino
Website Rovigo
A bird's eye view of Rovigo
A bird's eye view of Rovigo
Rovigo and the area from the air

Rovigo is a city in the Veneto region of northern Italy and the capital of the Province of Rovigo . It is 40 km southwest of Padua on a plain on the Adigetto Canal, an arm of the Adige River that was created in 1124 by a dam break .

Location and dates

The city has 51,049 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019), is the center of the Polesine landscape , an alluvial land between the Po and Adige , and a traffic junction in this region. Rovigo is the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese Adria-Rovigo , whose cathedral is in Adria . The city is an important market and trading center and, in addition to several technical colleges and universities, has a textile, furniture and metal industry.

history

Rovigo ( Rhodigium in Neo-Latin ) is mentioned for the first time in a document in 838 as Rodigo . The Bishop of Adria temporarily moved his residence here from 920 after his own city had been destroyed by the Hungarians . He had Rovigo fortified to protect against further Hungarian incursions. From the 11th to the 14th centuries, Rovigo was mostly under the rule of the House of Este . The Venetians took the city after a siege in 1482 and kept it in the Peace of Bagnolo (1484). Although the Estonians recaptured it several times, it came back to the Venetians in 1514, who subsequently owned it until the French Revolution .

In 1797 Rovigo fell to the Cisalpine Republic and then in the same year to Austria through the Peace of Campo Formio . Due to the Peace of Lunéville (1801) it became part of the Italian Republic and later the Kingdom of Italy . In 1806, Napoleon Bonaparte converted the city and its territory into a duchy for General Anne-Jean-Marie-René Savary , from which he carried the title of Duke of Rovigo. In the city took place on December 3rd and 8th, 1813 fighting between the French under Deconchy and the Austrians under Jelačić ; on December 10th, Rovigo was occupied by the Austrians under Starhemberg . The city now belonged to the Kingdom of Lombardy-Veneto . On March 22nd, 1848 there was an uprising here, through which the Austrians were temporarily expelled. Here was born on 15 August 1848 between Field Marshal Lieutenant Ludwig von Welden signed and papal representative the Convention, according to which the Austrians the Papal States cleared and Pius IX. renounced the Austro-Italian war. In 1866, Rovigo fell to the Kingdom of Italy .

Attractions

Chiesa della Beata Vergine del Soccorso
  • The baroque cathedral Santo Stefano Papa dates from 1696 and is co-cathedral of the Adria-Rovigo diocese.
  • Palazzo Roncale, built by Michele Sanmicheli in 1555
  • Palazzo dell'Accademia dei Concordi 1814 with paintings and library
  • Octagonal pilgrimage church Chiesa della Beata Vergine del Soccorso was completed in 1603 and contains paintings by Venetian masters mainly from the 18th century. It is located in Piazza 20 Settembre .

Town twinning

Rovigo has partnerships with the following locations.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Rovigo  - 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.