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7 unusual facts about Mortara


Alessandro Pansa

Alessandro Pansa (Mortara, June 22, 1962) is Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Finmeccanica SpA.

Castello d'Agogna

Castello d'Agogna borders the following municipalities: Ceretto Lomellina, Mortara, Olevano di Lomellina, Sant'Angelo Lomellina, Zeme.

In the Middle Ages the village belonged to the abbey of Santa Croce di Mortara, and in 1387 it became a fief of the lords of Robbio.

Francesco I Sforza

After some successes, he fell in disgrace and was sent to the castle of Mortara as a prisoner de facto.

Lomellina

It includes 58 comuni (municipalities), the most important today being Vigevano and Mortara; the name however derives from its ancient capital Lomello.

Margie Santimaria

In 2008 Margie Santimaria concluded the secondary school ISIS A. Omodeo in Mortara, close to her native town Vigevano.

Milano Porta Genova railway station

Milano Porta Genova is terminus of the regional trains to Mortara, operated by the lombard railway company Trenord.


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Edgardo Mortara

The story became the subject of a play, Edgardo Mine by Alfred Uhry, and an opera, "Il Caso Mortara" by Francesco Cilluffo, premiered February 25, 2010, by Dicapo Opera in New York City.

Zeme, Lombardy

Since the tenth century Zeme belonged to the Bishop of Pavia and later to the priory of the Holy Cross of Mortara; in 1311 one half of the territory was confirmed as belonging to the Count palatine of Lomello.


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