Lombardy
Southern Lombardy
Province of Pavia

Pavia

Pavia is a city in , home to one of the oldest universities in Europe and many interesting churches. Pavia is also called the city of the hundred towers, the city of kings, the city of wisdom, the city of the red bricks and it is surrounded by Oltrepo' Pavese, the so called "Tuscany of the northern Italy" with marvellous hills and wine yards scattered here and then across its landscape.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include San Pietro in Ciel d’Oro and Visconti Castle.

Church
The Basilica of St. Peter in the Golden Sky is an 8th-century Catholic basilica and monastery church served for centuries by the Augustinian friars in Pavia, in the region of Italy.

Castle
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The of Pavia is a medieval castle in Pavia, , Northern Italy. It was built after 1360 in a few years by Galeazzo II Visconti, Lord of Milan, and used as a sovereign residence by him and his son Gian Galeazzo, first duke of Milan.

Museum
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The Civic Museums of Pavia are a number of museums in Pavia, , northern Italy. They are housed in the , built in 1360 by Galeazzo II Visconti, soon after taking the city, a free city-state until then.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mirabello di Pavia.

Suburb
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Mirabello is a suburb of Pavia, , northern Italy. It lies north of the city, bordering .

Pavia

Latitude
45.186° or 45° 11′ 10″ north
Longitude
9.1546° or 9° 9′ 17″ east
Population
71,200
Elevation
77 metres (253 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IT PAV
Open location code
8FQF55P3+CV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 62505612
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3171366
Wiki­data ID
Q6259
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Pavia” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Pavia”
  • Arabic: “بابية”
  • Arabic: “بافيا”
  • Aragonese: “Pavía”
  • Armenian: “Պավիա”
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  • Bengali: “প্যাভিয়া”
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  • Chinese: “帕維亞”
  • Chinese: “帕维亚”
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  • Egyptian Arabic: “بافيا”
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  • German: “Pavia”
  • Greek: “Παβία”
  • Gujarati: “પાવિયા”
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  • Hindi: “पाविया”
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  • Japanese: “パヴィーア”
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  • Kannada: “ಪೇವಿಯಾ”
  • Kazakh: “Павия”
  • Korean: “파비아”
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  • Latin: “Papia”
  • Latin: “Ticinum”
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  • Piemontese: “Pavìa”
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  • Sinhala: “පවියා”
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  • Swedish: “Pavia”
  • Swiss German: “Pavia”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Pavia”
  • Tagalog: “Pavia, Lombardia”
  • Tamil: “பாவியா”
  • Tatar: “Павия”
  • Telugu: “పావియా”
  • Thai: “ปาวีอา”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Pavia”
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  • Western Armenian: “Փաւիա”
  • Western Frisian: “Pavia”
  • Western Panjabi: “پاویہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “帕维亚”
  • Yue Chinese: “帕維亞”
  • “Pahuia”
  • “Pavia”

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