Voghera
Sign in to savethumb|The Castle of Voghera in a 19th-century etching. Voghera (Vogherese dialect of Emilian: Vughera; Latin: Forum Iulii Iriensium) is a town and comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy. The population was 39,374 as of 2017. It is the third most populated town in the province, after Pavia and Vigevano. It is located 30 km south-southwest of that city, on the Staffora (a tributary of the Po).
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Voghera is a town in the Lombardy region of northern Italy with a population of about 39,000 people, making it the third-largest town in its province. It sits along the Staffora River, about 30 kilometers south of the provincial capital Pavia, and has a history dating back to Roman times.
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- Voghera
- Italian comune.official_name
- Città di Voghera
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Voghera 08-2010 - panoramio.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- The Cathedral of Voghera.
- Italian comune.image_flag
- Voghera-Bandiera.svg
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- Italian comune.image_map
- Map of comune of Voghera (province of Pavia, region Lombardy, Italy).svg
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- Voghera within the Province of Pavia
- Italian comune.region
- Lombardy
- Italian comune.province
- Pavia (PV)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Medassino, Oriolo, Valle, Torremenapace, Campoferro
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- Twin cities
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thumb|The Castle of Voghera in a 19th-century etching. Voghera (Vogherese dialect of Emilian: Vughera; Latin: Forum Iulii Iriensium) is a town and comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy. The population was 39,374 as of 2017. It is the third most populated town in the province, after Pavia and Vigevano. It is located 30 km south-southwest of that city, on the Staffora (a tributary of the Po).
It is the main town of Oltrepò Pavese and is an important rail and road hub as well as a renowned wine producer.