Polesella is a ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Rovigo
The province of Rovigo () is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Rovigo.
It borders on the north with the provinces of Verona, Padua and Venice, on the south with the province of Ferrara, on the west with the provi ...
in the
Italian
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region
Veneto
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, located about southwest of
Venice
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and about south of
Rovigo
Rovigo (, ; ) is a city and communes of Italy, commune in the region of Veneto, Northeast Italy, the capital of the province of Rovigo, eponymous province.
Geography
Rovigo stands on the low ground known as Polesine, by rail southwest of Veni ...
.
Polesella borders the following municipalities:
Arquà Polesine,
Bosaro,
Canaro,
Frassinelle Polesine
Frassinelle Polesine is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about southwest of Rovigo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,559 and an area of .Al ...
,
Guarda Veneta
Guarda Veneta is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region of Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about south of Rovigo
Rovigo (, ; ) is a city and communes of Italy, commune in the region of Ven ...
,
Ro.
In 1509 it was the location of the
homonymous battle between the
Venetian fleet and the troops of
Ferrara
Ferrara (; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, capital of the province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main ...
. The town is home to the Palazzo Grimani, a 16th-century patrician residence attributed to
Vincenzo Scamozzi
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and the Villa Morosini (16th–17th centuries).
Twin towns
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Lučenec
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, Slovakia
*
Svetvinčenat
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, Croatia
References
External links
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Cities and towns in Veneto
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