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Voghera |
| Comune di Voghera | |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Province | Pavia (PV) |
| Mayor | Aurelio Angelo Torriani (since April 2005) |
| Elevation | 96 m (315 ft) |
| Area | 63 km² (24.3 sq mi) |
| Population (as of December 08, 2007) | |
| - Total | 39,328 |
| - Density | 624/km² (1,616/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
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| Gentilic | Vogheresi or Iriensi |
| Dialing code | 0383 |
| Postal code | 27058 |
| Frazioni | Medassino, Oriolo, Valle, Torremenapace, Campoferro |
| Patron | San Bovo |
| - Day | First Friday before Ascension |
| Website: www.comune.voghera.pv.it | |
Voghera is a town and municipality (Italian: comune) of Lombardy, Italy, in the province of Pavia. It is located 30 km south-southwest of that city, on the Staffora (a tributary of the Po).
The neighbourhood produces much silk, in which, as well as in corn and wine, an active trade is carried on.
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Known in ancient times as Iria, it took its name from the river on which it was situated. It was on the road from Piacenza to Dertona, and was made a colony by Augustus (colonia Forum Iulium Iriensium).
In the 1st century CE it was destroyed by the Rugi, and it's next mentioned as Viqueria in the 10th century. After several lordships, it was acquired by the House of Savoy in 1743 with the Concordat of Worms. Five years later it became provincial capital.
In 1800 it was occupied by the troops of Napoleon, who set his headquarters in the Palazzo Dattili for the battle of Montebello. In 1805 it became part of the département of Genoa; after the French defeat in 1814, it was captured by the Austrians, who handed it over to the Piedmontese. In 1860 it was included in the province of Pavia.
During World War II, owing to its strategic position on the roads Milan-Genoa and Turin-Bologna, it was heavily bombed by the Allies.
On May 31, 1962, it was the location of a railway disaster that killed 62 people.
The Historic Museum houses, among the others, the personal A112 car of General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, killed by mafia in 1982, and the weapon that allegedly killed Benito Mussolini.
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