Italia Pavia 6 Due passi in citta

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Pavia
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Once known as the city of 100 towers, Pavia today
has fine Romanesque and Medieval buildings, a
castle, and a vibrant historic center
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The medieval towers still shape the town skyline.
The main clusters still rising are rallied in
Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, Via Luigi Porta, and
Piazza Collegio Borromeo
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Nobel families built the medieval towers to
symbolize their power. Today only a few towers
remain
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The most important ruins are undoubtedly the
three towers in the Leonardo da Vinci square,
with the Torre del Maino measuring 51 metres high
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Historical masonry towers, in all their forms -
bell towers, civic towers, tower-houses and the
watch towers of city walls are found throughout
the entire Italian peninsula, where they
represent a distinctive feature of many of its
historical centers and, in some cases, its
countryside. In Roman and medieval times, some
have had great strategic and military importance
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Pavia is on the train line from Milan to Genoa.
There is bus service to Linate Airport and the
nearby Certosa di Pavia as well as cities and
towns in Lombardy. The train and bus stations
are in the west part of town and linked to the
historic center by Corso Cavour. It is easy to
walk in Pavia's compact center but there is local
bus service, too
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More than 100 medieval towers once enveloped the
old town the trio on Piazza di Leonardo da Vinci
is all that remains today
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The great variety of uses reserved for masonry
towers has translated into a considerable variety
of constructive configurations. Their heights
vary from the 60-70 meters of the 11th-13th
century towers built by the powerful political
associations with defensive functions in mind
(but also serving as symbols of the power and
wealth of their aristocratic family owners) to
the 20-30 meters of the tower houses, which were
widely popular (Binda, L., Anzani, A., Mirabella
Roberti, G., 1997a. The failure of ancient
towers problems for their safety assessment)
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Pavia's food specialties are zuppa pavese and
risotto alla certosina, created by the monks of
the Certosa di Pavia. In Pavia, as in much of
Lombardy, you will find many risotto (rice)
dishes, beef, cheeses, and baked goods. Frogs are
also common in Pavia, especially in the spring
when they are gathered from the rice fields
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Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom and sponsor
of arts, trade, and defense, was born from the
godhead of Jupiter with weapons. From the 2nd
century BC onwards, the Romans equated her with
the Greek goddess Athena. She was the virgin
goddess of music, poetry, medicine, wisdom,
crafts, commerce, weaving, magic. Her statue in
Pavia, near the train station, is considered as
an important landmark in the city.
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Statue of Minerva by Francesco Messina
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Madonna di Piazza Grande, requested by the people
of Pavia, was put in place in 1604 in the heart
of the city on the outside of the town hall
building and was regarded with special devotion
by the local people and above all by merchants
and artisans
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Made from rare, highly resistant materials
(including sand from the river Ticino) the
Madonna remained on the outside of the Broletto
building for nearly three centuries, until 1872,
at which time, in a climate of strong social
conflict, it was taken to the crypt of the nearby
cathedral
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In the 1980s a Pavia local, Professoressa Anna
Maria De Paoli Garofoli, sparked renewed interest
in the story of the Madonna of Piazza Grande by
the press, the authorities and the local people
of Pavia, 7,800 of whom asked for it to be
returned to its original location. In 1992 the
statue, perfectly restored by the spontaneously
established Committee for the Madonna of Piazza
Grande, was solemnly moved to the cathedral and
shown to the city
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On the 21st of December 2002 the Madonna was
returned to the Broletto, giving back to the city
a work of great beauty and extraordinary
significance for the people of Pavia
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Borromeo College
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Borromeo College was built by will of St. Charles
Borromeo, planned by architect Pellegrino
Pellegrini, named Tibaldi, and constructed in the
years 1564 - 1586. Its mass can be well
distinguished by those who watch Pavia from the
other bank of the river Ticino
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Borromeo College The college selects students of
the University of Pavia through a rigorous public
competition based on tests taken annually. To
retain their place at the college, students are
required to have a university average of at least
27/30, with no scores below 24, and to pass all
the exams required by the formal closing of the
academic year. The ability to speak at least two
foreign languages is required, demonstrated
through specific, internationally-recognized
certificates. Students must also attend
additional courses required by IUSS or,
alter-natively, take at least two internal
courses per academic year
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Chiostro interno Borromeo College
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In the square Pius V statue cast in bronze in
1697 by Francesco Nuvoloni and Filippo Ferrari
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Collegio Ghislieri
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Ghislieri College, wanted by Pope Pius V
Ghislieri, was planned by architect Pellegrino
Pellegrini, named Tibaldi, and began in 1569. The
yard underwent remarkable modifications following
the Late Baroque style by architect G.A. Veneroni
in the 18th cent. The Neoclassic Style
Administration Building was built by will of
Napoleon to host a Military School.
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Founded by Pope Pius V, Antonio (Michele)
Ghislieri in 1567, Ghislieri College, since 18th
century laically managed, nowadays under the High
Patronage of the Presidency of the Italian
Republic, it is ranked among high qualifying
institutions by the Italian Ministry for
Education and University. Among its distinguished
alumni are Carlo Goldoni and several Italian
statesmen, scientists, scholars of the last two
centuries
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Monumento a papa Pio V, Antonio (Michele)
Ghislieri, in piazza del Collegio
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The church Santa Maria del Carmine is considered
amongst the best examples of Lombard Gothic
architecture
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Santa Maria del Carmine was begun in 1374 by Gian
Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan, on a project
attributed to Bernardo da Venezia. The
construction followed a slow pace, and was
restarted in 1432, being finished in 1461
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The bell tower, dating to c. 1450, has numerous
friezes and a triple mullioned window with marble
columns The bell tower of Santa Maria del Carmine
was restored in the 1800's
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Santa Maria del Carmine
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Santa Maria del Carmine
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Vincenzo Foppa Madonna con Bambino, angeli e il
donatore Giovanni Battista Malletta,
1462 University Art Museum, Princeton (from Santa
Maria del Carmine)
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Santa Maria del Carmine
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Santa Maria del Carmine
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Santa Maria del Carmine
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Santa Maria del Carmine
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