Pawia - Pawia

Pavia
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CountryItaly
RegionLombardy
Surface62 km²
Population71 000
Area code0382
Postal Code27100
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Pavia - city in Italy (Lombardy), located in the western part of the Po plain on the Ticino River, approx. 30 km south of Milan. Administrative center of the province of Pavia.

Characteristic

Drive

By plane

  • Milan Malpensa Airport - 87 km North-West, Milan's largest airport, major airport hub.
  • Milan Linate Airport - 55 km north, serving mainly domestic flights.

By rail

Pavia is an important railway junction on the Milan - Genoa. It is the terminus for the S13 line of the Milan High-Speed ​​Railway. Trains on this line run every 30 minutes.

By car

Pawia is an important road junction. It is situated on the A7 Milano-Genoa motorway, with which it is connected via the A53 motorway.

By bus

Communication

Worth seeing

  • A Renaissance cathedral, the third largest in Italy. Partly designed by Leonardo da Vinci and Bramante. Its construction began in 1488 and was completed only in the 19th century
  • Romanesque churches from the 12th century
  • Visconti castle from the 14th century
  • numerous gothic, renaissance and baroque palaces
  • bridge from the 14th-15th century
  • university botanical garden

Nearest neighborhood

  • Certosa di Pavia - a carthusian church from the 15th-18th centuries with a magnificent Renaissance façade (Lombard Renaissance) and valuable interior fittings and rich decorations of the cloisters

work

Science

Shopping

Gastronomy

Festivals, parties

Accommodation

  • Hotel Aurora 3-star hotel
  • Dipendenza Rosengarten
  • Hotel Excelsior Pavia 3-star hotel
  • Hotel Moderno 4-star hotel
  • Hotel Rosengarten, 3-star hotel

contact

Security

Tourist information

Where next





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