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Voghera (Vogherese dialect of Emilian: ''Vughera''; Latin: ''Forum Iulii Iriensium'') is a town and ''comune'' of Lombardy, Italy, in the province of Pavia. It is located 30 km south-southwest of that city, on the Staffora (a tributary of the Po). The neighbourhood produces much silk, in which, as well as in corn and wine, an active trade is carried on. ==History== Known in ancient times as ''Iria'', it took its name from the river on which it was situated. It was on the road from Piacenza to ''Dertona'', and was made a colony by Augustus (''colonia Forum Iulium Iriensium''). In the 1st century CE it was destroyed by the Rugii, and it is next mentioned as ''Viqueria'' (contracted from ''vicus Iriae'', Iria's village) in the 10th century. After several lordships, it was acquired by the House of Savoy in 1743 with the Concordat of Worms. Five years later it became provincial capital and received the city status. In 1800 it was occupied by the troops of Napoleon, who set his headquarters in the Palazzo Dattili for the battle of Montebello. In 1805 it became part of the ''département'' of Genoa; after the French defeat in 1814, it was captured by the Austrians, who handed it over to the Piedmontese. In 1860 it was included in the province of Pavia. During World War II, owing to its strategic position on the roads Milan-Genoa and Turin-Bologna, it was heavily bombed by the Allies. On May 31, 1962, it was the location of a railway disaster that killed 62 people. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Voghera」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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