Villa Biscossi

Villa Biscossi
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Pavia (PV)
Local name	la Vìla
Coordinates	45 ° 5 ' N , 8 ° 47' E Coordinates: 45 ° 5 '25 " N , 8 ° 47' 16" E
height	90 m slm
surface	5 km²
Residents	67 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	13 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	27035
prefix	0384
ISTAT number	018178
Popular name	Villabiscossesi
Patron saint	Nazario e Celso (last Sunday in July)
Website	Villa Biscossi
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Villa Biscossi is a municipality ( comune ) with 67 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

The municipality is located in southwestern Lombardy in northern Italy in the province of Pavia, about 30.5 kilometers west-southwest of the provincial capital Pavia and about 50 kilometers southwest of the regional capital Milan in the Lomellina area .

The place is at 90 m slm and in the climatic classification of Italian communities in zone E, 2 619 GG.

Villa Biscossi has no districts; the neighboring municipalities are Galliavola , Lomello , Mede and Pieve del Cairo .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1219 as Villa Piperatorum or Villa Piperis in a document from Frederick II , with which he defined the boundaries of the Lomellina area . The current name of the place refers to the Biscossi family, who ruled the place from the end of the 14th century.

Attractions

Santi Nazzaro e Celso , church in the town center. Was rebuilt in 1583 and changed and restored in the 19th century.
Santi Gervasio e Protasio , church in the town center, restored in 1906.
Palazzo Casale , also called Palazzo Palestrini or Palazzo Provera , palace in the town center from the 18th century.