Roncoferraro

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Roncoferraro-Stemma.png official_name =Comune di Roncoferraro
name = Roncoferraro
region = Lombardy
province = Mantua (MN)
elevation_m =
area_total_km2 = 63.4
population_as_of = Dec. 2004
population_total = 6867
population_density_km2 = 108
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|45|5|N|10|53|E|type:city(6,867)_region:IT
frazioni = Governolo, Casale, Nosedole, Barbasso, Barbassolo, Villa Garibaldi, Garolda, Pontemerlano, Castelletto Borgo, Cadè
telephone = 0376
postalcode = 46037
gentilic = Roncoferraresi
saint = St. John
day =
mayor = Candido Rovesi
website = [http://www.comune.roncoferraro.mn.it/ www.comune.roncoferraro.mn.it]
mapy = 10.8833
mapx = 45.0833

Roncoferraro is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 140 km southeast of Milan and about 11 km southeast of Mantua.

Roncoferraro borders the following municipalities: Bagnolo San Vito, Bigarello, Castel d'Ario, Mantua, San Giorgio di Mantova, Sustinente, Villimpenta.

History

According to the tradition, the "frazione" of Governolo was the seat of the meeting between Pope Leo I and Attila in 452. Also in Governolo the condottiero Giovanni dalle Bande Nere was mortally shot by a cannon ball in 1526.

During the Italian Wars of Independence, Governolo, due to its strategic importance bridge over the Mincio River, was the location of two battles:
*The first (April 24 1848) allowed the small Modenese army to push back an Austrian inroad against the fortress of Mantua.
*In the second (july 18 1848) the Piedmontese general Eusebio Bava conquered back the bridge.

Demographic evolution

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References

External links

* [http://www.comune.roncoferraro.mn.it/ www.comune.roncoferraro.mn.it/]