Rovigo

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Rovigo
Comune
Città di Rovigo
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II.
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II.
Flag of Rovigo
Flag
Coat of arms of Rovigo
Coat of arms
Location of Rovigo
Map
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
45100
Dialing code0425
Patron saintSt. Bellinus of Padua
Saint dayNovember 26
WebsiteOfficial website
Church "La Rotonda".

Rovigo (Italian:

Emilian: Ruig) is a city and comune in the Veneto region of Northeast Italy, the capital of the eponymous province.[3]

Geography

Rovigo stands on the low ground known as

Canal Bianco, 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of the Adriatic Sea, except the frazione
of Fenil del Turco that extends south of the Canal Bianco.

Polesine is the name of the low ground between the lower courses of the rivers Adige and

Po and the sea; the derivation of the name is much discussed, generally applied only to the province of Rovigo, but is sometimes extended to the near towns of Adria and Ferrara
.

History

The "Donà" tower.

Rovigo (both Rodigium and Rhodigium in

Hungarian marauders; the fortifications he ordered were already finished in 945. The viscounts of Rovigo built a line of brick walls in the 1130s in the name of the House of Este. The current Torre Donà is a remnant of the castle built some time in between; it is 66 m high and it may have been the highest brick tower
at that time if the date of construction is correct.

In 1194 Rovigo became a formal possession of

duché grand-fief for general Anne Jean Marie René Savary. The Austrians
in 1815 made it a royal city.

Stamp of Lombardy and Venetia, 5 soldi issue 1864, cancelled at ROVIGO

With the fall of the 1815-1866

railway to Padua, Ferrara, Verona (through Legnago), and Chioggia (through Adria). In the 1900s the first modern industries were established, the most important of which was a sugar refinery. In 1927 the territory of the comune was extended including close municipalities. In 1937 the course of the Adigetto Canal was diverted to the west edge of the town and a large avenue called Corso del Popolo was built in place of the former course. In the years 1943–1945 Rovigo was part of the Italian Social Republic and it has been in Italy since 1946. In the 1950s and 1960s Rovigo had a dramatic development and it had the highest urbanization rate among the towns in the Veneto region after World War II
.

Government

See also: List of mayors of Rovigo

Main sights

Giulio Monteverdi: Monument to Victor Emmanuel II
Ettore Ferrari: Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi

The architecture of the town bears the stamp both of Venetian and of Ferrarese influence. Main sights include :

Villages nearby

Barchessa Candiani, Basso Cavallo, Boara Polesine, Boaria San Marco, Borsea, Braga-Cantonazzo, Buso, Busovecchio, Ca'Bianca, Ca'Matte, Ca'Lunga, Campagna Terzi, Campagnazza, Cantonazzo, Capolavia, Ca'Rangon, Concadirame, Corte Lazzarini, Fenile Morosina, Fenil del Turco, Granzette, Grignano Polesine, Grompo, Grumolo, Le Cassette, Le Giarelle, Le Sorbolaro, L'Olmo, Lusia, Mardimago, Roverdicrè, San Sisto, Santa Libera, Santa Rita, Sant'Apollinare, Sarzano and Spianata.

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy

Rovigo is twinned with:[4]

Sport

The "Isidoro Quaglio" tribune of Mario Battaglini Stadium, in Rovigo.

Rovigo is home of

Rugby Rovigo, the city's rugby team has won the Top10 competition 13 times. The team has attracted many famous from around the rugby world, including Naas Botha and the coach Carwyn James
.

Other practiced sports include football/soccer, swimming, handball, baseball and roller hockey. The "Rosso Blu" as the baseball team is known is at the level of Serie "A" competition. Notable American players who have played for Rovigo Baseball include: Nathan Cardella (Fresno, Ca.) and Mark Peracchi (San Francisco, Ca).

Rovigo is the first Italian city to have a Gaelic football club.[5] Ascaro Rovigo Gaelic Football Club was founded on June 2, 2011. President and founder of Rovigo GAA Raffaello Franco went to Ireland for his honeymoon that year where he watched a football game at Croke Park – he returned home with an O'Neills ball and a dream to set up a GAA club in Italy. Within two years the resulting club's football team of about 90% Italian players are going from strength to strength as they embrace every code that the GAA has to offer. The team colours are red and blue.

Transportation

Rovigo railway station, opened in 1866, forms part of the Padua–Bologna railway, and is also a junction station for two other lines. Heading eastwards, towards Adria and Chioggia, is the Rovigo–Chioggia railway, and heading west, towards Legnago and Verona, is the Verona–Legnago–Rovigo railway.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. Istat
  3. Rovigo
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  4. ^ "Città gemellate e amiche". comune.rovigo.it (in Italian). Rovigo. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  5. ^ "Biggest-ever GAA weekend in Europe". GAA.ie. June 11, 2013. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013.

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