Castelmassa is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Rovigo
The Province of Rovigo (''Provincia di 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, o ...
in the
Italian
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region
Veneto
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, located about southwest of
Venice
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and about west of
Rovigo
Rovigo (, ; egl, Ruig) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of Northeast Italy, the capital of the eponymous province.
Geography
Rovigo stands on the low ground known as Polesine, by rail southwest of Venice and south-southwest of P ...
.
Castelmassa borders the following municipalities:
Calto,
Castelnovo Bariano,
Ceneselli
Ceneselli is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italy, Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about west of Rovigo.
Ceneselli borders the following municipalities: Calto, Castelmassa, Castelnovo ...
,
Felonica,
Sermide.
People
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Bonaventura Porta
Bonaventura Porta (October 21, 1866 – December 15, 1953) was the Italian Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesaro from his appointment by Pope Benedict XV
Pope Benedict XV (Ecclesiastical Latin, Latin: ''Benedictus XV''; it, Bened ...
, (1866–1953), bishop of
Pesaro
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Castelmassa is
twinned with:
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Gniew
Gniew (pronounced ; csb, Gméw, or ''Gniéw''; formerly german: Mewe) is a historic town situated on the left bank of the Vistula River, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It has 6,870 inhabitants (2016). It is one of the ol ...
,
Poland
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References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Veneto
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