Castello d'Agogna is a small town and ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Pavia
The province of Pavia ( it, Provincia di Pavia) is a province in the region of Lombardy in northern 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 ...
in the
Italian
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region
Lombardy, located about 45 km southwest of
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard language, Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the List of cities in Italy, second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 ...
and about 35 km west of
Pavia
Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the cap ...
. It is crossed by the
Agogna
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river.
Castello d'Agogna borders the following municipalities:
Ceretto Lomellina,
Mortara,
Olevano di Lomellina,
Sant'Angelo Lomellina,
Zeme.
History
In the Middle Ages the village belonged to the abbey of Santa Croce di
Mortara, and in 1387 it became a fief of the lords of
Robbio
Robbio is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km southwest of Milan and about 45 km west of Pavia. It is part of Lomellina traditional region.
Robbio borders the ...
. Later it was part of the
Duchy of Milan
The Duchy of Milan ( it, Ducato di Milano; lmo, Ducaa de Milan) was a state in northern Italy, created in 1395 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, then the lord of Milan, and a member of the important Visconti family, which had been ruling the city sinc ...
. In 1713 it became part of the
Duchy of Savoy
The Duchy of Savoy ( it, Ducato di Savoia; french: Duché de Savoie) was a country in Western Europe that existed from 1416.
It was created when Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, raised the County of Savoy into a duchy for Amadeus VIII. The du ...
, and in 1859 was included in the province of Pavia.
Demographic evolution
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References
Cities and towns in Lombardy
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