Gazzuolo
Sign in to saveGazzuolo (Mantovano: ) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southwest of Mantua. The town had been a possession of Gonzaga family, the lord of Mantua, from the late Middle Ages, and John Hawkwood, a famous English mercenary captain in 14th-century Italy, was once the lord of this town in 1370s'-80s'.
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Gazzuolo is a small municipality in the Province of Mantua in the Lombardy region of Italy, historically controlled by the powerful Gonzaga family from the late Middle Ages onward. The town gained historical significance as the temporary domain of John Hawkwood, a renowned English mercenary captain who ruled it during the 1370s-80s.
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- Gazzuolo
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Gazzuolo
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- Gazzuolo-Panorama.jpg
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- Italian comune.region
- Lombardy
- Italian comune.province
- Mantua (MN)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Belforte, Bocca Chiavica, Pomara, Nocegrossa, La Marchesa
- Italian comune.mayor
- Loris Contesini
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 22.3
- Italian comune.population_total
- 2377
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 July 2014
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Gazzolesi
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Gazzuolo (Mantovano: ) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southwest of Mantua. The town had been a possession of Gonzaga family, the lord of Mantua, from the late Middle Ages, and John Hawkwood, a famous English mercenary captain in 14th-century Italy, was once the lord of this town in 1370s'-80s'.
Gazzuolo borders the following municipalities: Commessaggio, Marcaria, San Martino dall'Argine, Spineda, Viadana.