Voghera

Voghera is a city and comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian place Lombardy. The population become 39,374 as of 2017. It is the 0.33 maximum populated town inside the province, after Pavia and Vigevano. It is located 30 km south-southwest of that city, on the Staffora. It is the principle town of Oltrepo Pavese, and is an vital rail and street hub in addition to a renowned wine manufacturer. Known in ancient instances as Iria, the metropolis took its name from the river on which it become situated. It became on the road from Piacenza to Dertona, and became made a colony by using Augustus.

In the 1^st century CE, it was destroyed via the Rugii, and it's far next cited as Viqueria inside the 10th century. After several lordships, it was obtained with the aid of the House of Savoy in 1743 with the Concordat of Worms. 5 years later it became provincial capital and obtained the town status. In 1800, the troops of Napoleon occupied the metropolis and set his headquarters inside the Palazzo Dattili for the battle of Montebello. In 1805 it became a part of the departement of Genoa; after the French defeat in 1814, it became captured by means of the Austrians, who surpassed it over to the Piedmontese. In 1860 it turned into covered inside the province of Pavia.