Cavenago d'Adda ( Lodigiano: ) 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 ...

'' (municipality) in the

Province of Lodi The province of Lodi ( it, provincia di Lodi; Ludesan: ) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in ...

in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast 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 southeast of Lodi. It is between the Adda River and the Muzza Canal. Cavenago d'Adda borders the following municipalities:

Corte Palasio Corte Palasio ( Lodigiano: ) is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Lodi, in Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that cover ...

, Abbadia Cerreto, Casaletto Ceredano,

Credera Rubbiano Credera Rubbiano ( Cremasco: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about northwest of Cremona. It was created in 1928 through the merger of the former ...

, San Martino in Strada,

Turano Lodigiano Turano Lodigiano ( Lodigiano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lodi in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan Milan ( , , Lombard language, Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, c ...

, Mairago, Ossago Lodigiano.

History

Already populated in ancient Roman times, in the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

the area of Cavenago d'Adda belonged to the bishop of Lodi (10th century), and was later a fief of the family of Fissiraga (1297–1482), the Bocconi of Mozzanica, and finally of the Cavenaghi Clerici. It included the population of Persia, now a ''frazione'' of Casaletto Ceredano. In the Napoleonic era (1809–16) it was attached to the municipality of Robecco, which however became again independent after the constitution of the

Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia The Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia ( la, links=no, Regnum Langobardiae et Venetiae), commonly called the "Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom" ( it, links=no, Regno Lombardo-Veneto, german: links=no, Königreich Lombardo-Venetien), was a constituent land ...

. In 1863 it assumed the official name of Cavenago Cavenago d'Adda, to distinguish itself from Cavenago of Brianza. In 1869 the municipality of Cavenago d'Adda received the territories of the former communes of Caviaga and Soltarico. After

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, in the hamlet of Caviaga AGIP discovered large reserves of natural gas.

People

Emilio Giuseppe Dossena Emilio Giuseppe Dossena (December 10, 1903 – March 23, 1987) was an Italian painter who was born in Cavenago d'Adda, Italy and died in Milan, Italy. He was also known simply as Giuseppe Dossena. He attended the Brera Academy (Milan) and the ' ...

, artist

References

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