Lomellina

With the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the arrival of the Lombards, who set their capital in Pavia, Lomellina acquired importance, with a comital dynasty (Conti di Lomello) rising in Lomello. The city of Pavia conquered Lomello in 1146, and the area was later under the Visconti, as part of the Duchy of Milan.

In 1707, after the War of the Spanish Succession, a part of Lomellina was conquered by the Piedmontese House of Savoy and made an autonomous province. The area of Vigevano and Robbio, called Contado di Vigevano and which had been autonomous since 1532, was also acquired by Piedmont in 1743.

In 1859 the administrative reform promoted by Urbano Rattazzi annexed Lomellina to the province of Pavia just conquered from Austria, becoming later part of the newly formed Kingdom of Italy.

Gallery

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  The lake of Sartirana Lomellina
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  Po River near Balossa Bigli, a hamlet of Mezzana Bigli

See also

• Province of Pavia
• Pavese
• Oltrepò Pavese
• History of Cilavegna

References

External links

• (in Italian) Lomellina official website
• (in Italian) Lomellina portal