Pizzighettone Explained

Pizzighettone
Official Name:Comune di Pizzighettone
Coordinates:45.1833°N 56°W
Province:Cremona (CR)
Frazioni:Ferie, Regona, Roggione
Mayor:Luigi Edoardo Bernocchi
Area Total Km2:32
Population Total:6777
Population As Of:1 January 2009
Population Demonym:Pizzighettonesi
Saint:Saint Bassianus
Day:19 January
Postal Code:26026
Area Code:0372

Pizzighettone (Pizzighettonese: Pisighitòn) is a comune of the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy. The main population centre is located on the river Adda and is divided into two parts: Pizzighettone on the east bank and Gera on the west.

Francis I of France was imprisoned in the tower of Pizzighettone following the Battle of Pavia in 1525.[1] It was the site of the Insubrian town of Acerrae, and was home to the football team AS Pizzighettone, until the summer 2012 when it moved to city of Crema and changed its name to U.S. Pergolettese 1932.

Saint Vincenzo Grossi was born in Pizzighettone.

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Notes and References

  1. Storia d'Italia, Francesco Guicciardini