Roncoferraro (

Mantovano Mantovano is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Battista Mantovano (1447–1516), Italian Carmelite reformer, humanist, and poet * Francesco Mantovano or Francesco Caldei Francesco Caldei called Francesco Mantovano ...

: ) is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' (municipality) in the

Province of Mantua The Province of Mantua ( it, provincia di Mantova; Mantovano, Lower Mantovano: ; Upper Mantovano: ) is a province in the Lombardy region of Northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Mantua. It is bordered to the north-east by the Province of ...

in the Italian region of

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, located about southeast of

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and about southeast of

Mantua Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and '' comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the province of the same name. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture. In 2017, it was named as the Eur ...

. Roncoferraro borders the following municipalities: Bagnolo San Vito, Bigarello, Castel d'Ario,

San Giorgio di Mantova San Giorgio Bigarello, until 2018 as San Giorgio di Mantova ( Mantovano: ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about east of Milan and about east of Mantua. The municipality of San Gi ...

, Sustinente, Villimpenta.

History

According to the tradition, the ''frazione'' of Governolo was the seat of the meeting between

Pope Leo I Pope Leo I ( 400 – 10 November 461), also known as Leo the Great, was bishop of Rome from 29 September 440 until his death. Pope Benedict XVI said that Leo's papacy "was undoubtedly one of the most important in the Church's history." Leo was ...

and

Attila Attila (, ; ), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in March 453. He was also the leader of a tribal empire consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths, Alans, and Bulgars, among others, in Central and E ...

in 452. Also in Governolo the

condottiero ''Condottieri'' (; singular ''condottiero'' or ''condottiere'') were Italian captains in command of mercenary companies during the Middle Ages and of multinational armies during the early modern period. They notably served popes and other Euro ...

Giovanni dalle Bande Nere Lodovico de' Medici, also known as Giovanni delle Bande Nere (6 April 1498 – 30 November 1526) was an Italian ''condottiero''. He is known for leading the Black Bands and serving valiantly in military combat under his relatives, Pope Leo X and ...

was shot by a cannonball in 1526, later dying out of the wounds received. During the

Italian Wars of Independence The War of Italian Independence, or Italian Wars of Independence, include: *First Italian War of Independence (1848–1849) *Second Italian War of Independence (1859) *Third Italian War of Independence (1866) *Fourth Italian War of Independence I ...

, Governolo, due to its strategically important bridge over the Mincio River, was the location of two battles: *The first (April 24, 1848) allowed the small Modenese army to push back an Austrian inroad against the fortress of

. *In the second (July 18, 1848) the Piedmontese general Eusebio Bava conquered back the bridge.

References

External links

Official website
Cities and towns in Lombardy {{Mantua-geo-stub