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Pavia is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, 35 kilometres (22 miles) 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 capital of the Kingdom of the Lombards from 572 to 774. Pavia is the
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See moreEarly history
Dating back to pre-Roman times, the town of Pavia was said by Pliny the Elder to have been founded by the Laevi and Marici, two Ligurian tribes, while Ptolemy attributes it to the...
See morePavia's most famous landmark is the Certosa, or Carthusian monastery, founded in 1396 and located eight kilometres (5.0 miles) north of the city.
Among other notable structures are:
• Cathedral of Pavia (Duomo di Pavia): Construction of the...
See morePavia is a major Italian college town, with several institutes, universities and academies, including the ancient University of Pavia.
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See morePavia railway station, opened in 1862, forms part of the Milan–Genoa railway, and is also a terminus of four secondary railways, linking Pavia with
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See more• Arnaldi, Girolamo. Italy and Its Invaders. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2005. Print.
• Christie, Neil. The Lombards The Ancient Longobards. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Basil Blackwell Inc., 1995. Print....
See morePeople born in Pavia include:
• Luigi Valentino Brugnatelli (1761-1818), chemist
• Epiphanias, 6th century saint
• Lanfranc (c. 1005–1089), abbot and Archbishop of Canterbury...
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