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Pavia is the capital of a fertile province (also named Pavia ) essentially devoted to agriculture ( wine, rice, cereals, dairy products). Some industries located in the suburbs do not disturb the peaceful atmosphere which comes from the preservation of the city's past and the climate of study and meditation associated with its ancient University.
Dating back to pre-Roman times, the town of Pavia (then known as Ticinum Papić) was a municipality and an important military site under the Roman Empire.
Here, in 476, Odoacer defeated Orestes after a long siege. To punish the city for helping the rival, Odoacer destroyed it completely. However, Orestes was able to escape in Piacenza, where Odoacer followed and killed him, deposing his son Romulus Augustus. This was commonly considered the end of the Western Roman EmpireThe Western Roman Empire is the name given to the western half of the Roman Empire after its division by Diocletian. The West had significant social difference with the East; whereas the East was Greek-speaking and (later) followed Orthodoxy and Monophysi.
Under the GothsThis article is about the Germanic tribes. For the late 20th century youth subculture see Goth. The Goths were a Germanic tribe which according to their own traditions originated in southern Sweden (cf. Gotaland and Gotland). They migrated southwards and, Pavia became a fortified citadelThis article is about a type of fortification. For other meanings of this word, please see: Citadel (disambiguation). A citadel is a fortress for protecting a town, sometimes with a castle in its middle. Citadels are most often used to protect a garrison and their last bulwark in the war against the Eastern Roman Empire. After the LongobardThe Lombards ( Latin Langobardi from which the alternative name Longobards found in older English texts), were a Germanic people originally from Scandinavia that entered the late Roman Empire. They were known to the Romans from as early as AD 98, when the conquest, Pavia became the capital of their kingdom; but after Charlemagne won the battle of Pavia (773)The battle of Pavia was fought in 773 774 in what is now northern Italy, and resulted the victory of French under Charlemagne against the Lombards under King Didier, better known as Desiderius (meaning "desire" in Latin, and the same root as the current I, the town became the capital of the Regnum Italicum, vassal of the Holy Roman EmpireThe Holy Roman Empire ( German: Heiliges Romisches Reich was a political conglomeration of lands in western and central Europe in the Middle Ages. Emerging from the eastern part of the Frankish realm after its division in the Treaty of Verdun ( 843), it l, until the 12th century11th century 12th century 13th century other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. Events Song dynasty loses power over Northern China The Kamakura Shogunate deprives the.
Thus, in the political division between Guelphs and Ghibellines that characterizes the Italian Middle Age, Pavia was traditionally Ghibelline. This position was also supported by the rivalry with Milan, that led the Lombard League against the Empire.
In the following centuries Pavia was an important and active town. Conquered ( 1359) by the Visconti family, rulers of Milan, it became an intellectual and artistic centre, being the seat from 1361 of the University, which attracted students from many countries.
In the Renaissance, Pavia fell under the control of Milan, together with the whole of Lombardy, under the Visconti and Sforza families.
The Battle of Pavia ( 1525) marks a watershed in the city's fortunes, since by that time, the former cleavage between the supporters of the Pope and those of the Holy Roman Emperor had shifted to one between a French party (allied with the Pope) and a party supporting the Emperor and King of Spain Charles V. Thus during the Bourbon- Habsburg Italian Wars, Pavia was naturally on the Imperial (and Spanish) side. The defeat and capture of king Francis I of France during the battle ushered in a period of Spanish occupation which lasted until 1713. Pavia was then ruled by the Austrians until 1796, when it was occupied by the French army under Napoleon.
In 1815, it again passed under Austrian administration until the Second War of Independence ( 1859) and the unification of Italy one year later.
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