Vigevano

Vigevano
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Pavia  (PV)
Local name	Avgévan
Coordinates	45 ° 19 ′  N , 8 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  E
height	116  m slm
surface	82 km²
Residents	63,623 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	776 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	27029
prefix	0381
ISTAT number	018177
Popular name	Vigevanesi
Patron saint	Beato Matteo Carreri
Website	www.comune.vigevano.pv.it

Piazza Ducale with cathedral

Castello Vigevano

Strada Coperta

Vigevano ( German outdated: Vigen ) is a city in the province of Pavia , Italy with 63,623 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

The square Piazza Ducale with numerous Renaissance buildings and the Castell Sforzesco palace complex are well worth seeing .

Location

The city is located about 35 km southwest of Milan near the Ticino River .

history

Vigevano is a settlement that already existed in Roman times, which they called Victumulae . Not far from the city took place in the second Punic War in the year 218 BC. The battle on the Ticinus took place in BC , in which the Romans were defeated by the Carthaginians under Hannibal .

economy

Vigevano is a shoe manufacturing center and houses a shoe museum.

Attractions

• Sforzesco Castle
• Piazza Ducale
• Duomo di Vigevano
• Strada Coperta

Town twinning

• Wenzhou , People's Republic of China
• Ficarra , Italy
• Matera , Italy

sons and daughters of the town

• Guido da Vigevano (around 1280 – around 1349), inventor and personal physician to the French queen
• Ludovico Sforza (1452–1508), Duke of Milan
• Bona Sforza (1494–1557), Queen of Poland
• Eleonora Duse (1858–1924), actress
• Giulio Basletta (1890–1975), fencer
• Gian-Carlo Rota (1932–1999), Italian-American mathematician
• Fiorello Provera (* 1946), politician
• Davide Olivares (born 1971), football player
• Rossano Sportiello (* 1974), jazz musician
• Margie Santimaria (* 1989), triathlete
• Filippo Baldi (* 1996), tennis player

Personalities related to the place

• Giorgio Cattaneo (1663–1730), nobleman, Bishop of Vigevano

Web links

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

• Website of the municipality of Vigevano (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ^ Pablo Crivelli: Giorgio Cattaneo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 26, 2005 , accessed March 4, 2020 .