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Portomaggiore
Portomaggiore (Ferrarese: ) is a town and comune in the province of Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Portomaggiore
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Portomaggiore
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Chiesa di San Giorgio (Gambulaga, Portomaggiore).JPG
- Italian comune.image_flag
- Flag of Portomaggiore.svg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- Church of San Giorgio in Gambulaga
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Stemma di Portomaggiore.svg
- Italian comune.shield_size
- 50px
- Italian comune.region
- Emilia-Romagna
- Italian comune.province
- Ferrara (FE)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Gambulaga, Maiero, Portorotta, Portoverrara, Quartiere, Ripapersico, Runco, Sandolo
- Italian comune.mayor
- Nicola Minarelli
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
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Portomaggiore (Ferrarese: ) is a town and comune in the province of Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
==History== In the Battle of Portomaggiore of 1395, mercenary troops of the Ferrara Regency Council, assisted by allies from Florence, Bologna, and Venice and fighting in the name of the young Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara beat the rebel forces of his uncle, Azzo X d'Este, pretender to the Lordship of Ferrara. Azzo X d'Este was captured in the battle.
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