Bereguardo (
Lombard: ''Balguàrt'') is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Pavia
The province of Pavia () is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is Pavia.
, the province has a population of 548,722 inhabitants and an area of ; the town of Pavia has a population of 72,205.
History
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in the
Italian
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region
Lombardy
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, located about southwest of
Milan
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and about northwest of
Pavia
Pavia ( , ; ; ; ; ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, in Northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino (river), Ticino near its confluence with the Po (river), Po. It has a population of c. 73,086.
The city was a major polit ...
.
Bereguardo borders the following municipalities:
Borgo San Siro
Borgo San Siro (Western Lombard: ''Bùrgh San Sir'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southwest of Milan and about northwest of Pavia, in the western Lomellina.
Borgo San Siro ...
,
Motta Visconti,
Torre d'Isola
Torre d'Isola is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km south of Milan and about 6 km northwest of Pavia. As of 30 June 2008, it had a population of 2,276 and an area of 16 ...
,
Trivolzio,
Trovo
Trovo ( Lombard: ''Tröv'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region of Lombardy, about southwest of Milan and northwest of Pavia
Pavia ( , ; ; ; ; ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, in Nor ...
,
Vigevano
Vigevano (; ) is a (municipality) in the province of Pavia, in the Italian region of Lombardy. A historic art town, it is also renowned for shoemaking and is one of the main centres of Lomellina, a rice-growing agricultural district. Vigevano ...
,
Zerbolò.
The remnants of the moated 14th-century
Castello di Bereguardo are now used for municipal offices.
People
*
Maddalena Carini (1917–1998), Italian
Servant of God
Servant of God () is a title used in the Catholic Church to indicate that an individual is on the first step toward possible canonization as a saint.
Terminology
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References
Cities and towns in Lombardy
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