Villafranca di Verona

Villafranca di Verona
Country	Italy
region	Veneto
province	Verona (VR)
Local name	Viłaranca de Verona
Coordinates	45 ° 21 ' N , 10 ° 51' E Coordinates: 45 ° 21 '10 " N , 10 ° 50' 30" E
height	54 m slm
surface	57.43 km²
Residents	33,501 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	583 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	37069
prefix	045
ISTAT number	023096
Popular name	villafranchesi
Patron saint	Peter and Paul
Website	http://www.comune.villafranca.vr.it/

Villafranca di Verona is a city in the province of Verona . It is located in the southwest of the Veneto region , near the border with Lombardy .

geography

Villafranca is located 20 km south of Verona and with 33,501 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) is the second largest city in the province. It is on the left of the Tione flowing to Tartaro and consists of the districts (Frazioni) Alpo, Dossobuono , Pizzoletta, Rizza, Rosegaferro , Quaderni and Caluri.

history

city wall

Castello Villafranca

Due to its location on Via Postumia , the place was in the Roman Empire , 15 BC. Founded as a Roman camp, well developed. On March 9, 1185 Villafranca was founded as a colony by the city of Verona and was granted tax exemption, which is reflected in the name Villafranca (free city) . The colony was settled with 180 free farming families and also served defensive military purposes, namely to defend against Mantua . A large square city wall with towers and moats was built for this. The city developed through the silk trade and silk industry.

On July 11, 1859, the preliminary peace of Villafranca was concluded here, which ended the Sardinian War . On September 17, 1943, members of the Reich Grenadier Division “Hoch- und Deutschmeister” of the Wehrmacht shot 10 Italian soldiers in the city because they had allegedly shot at a German column.

Daughters and sons of the city

Sante Gaiardoni (* 1939), track cyclist, Olympic champion and world champion
Mario Zenari (* 1946), Roman Catholic clergyman, diplomat and cardinal
Gloria Hooper (* 1992), sprinter

traffic

The Verona-Villafranca airport is for the region Lake Garda with its international connections is important.

Individual evidence

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
^ Philip Jones: The Italian city-state. From commune to signoria . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1997, ISBN 0-19-822585-7 , p. 488.
^ Michael Moissey: The Cambridge Economic History of Europe from the Decline of the Roman Empire . Volume 1: The agrarian life of the Middle Ages . Cambridge 1966, ISBN 9780521045056 , p. 357.
^ Gerhard Schreiber: The Italian military internees in the German sphere of influence, 1943 to 1945. Betrayed – despised – forgotten . Verlag Oldenbourg, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-486-55391-7 , p. 116.

Web links

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

[2] Philip Jones: The Italian city-state. From commune to signoria . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1997, ISBN 0-19-822585-7 , p. 488.

[3] Michael Moissey: The Cambridge Economic History of Europe from the Decline of the Roman Empire . Volume 1: The agrarian life of the Middle Ages . Cambridge 1966, ISBN 9780521045056 , p. 357.

[4] Gerhard Schreiber: The Italian military internees in the German sphere of influence, 1943 to 1945. Betrayed – despised – forgotten . Verlag Oldenbourg, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-486-55391-7 , p. 116.