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VOGHERA (anc. Iria)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 171 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VOGHERA (anc. Iria) , a See also:town of See also:Lombardy, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Pavia, and 19 M. by See also:rail S.S.W. of that See also:city, 305 ft. above See also:sea-level, on the Staffora (a tributary of the Po). Pop. (1901) 14,453 (town); 20,442 (See also:commune). The fortifications erected by the See also:Visconti in the See also:middle ages have given See also:place to shady promenades. The large See also:church of See also:San Lorenzo See also:dates from the 11th See also:century, but was remodelled in the See also:baroque See also:style about the beginning of the 17th. The suppressed church of S. Ilario (Chiesa Rossa), so called from the red See also:colour of the See also:brick of which it is built, dates from the loth century. The neighbourhood produces much See also:silk, in which, as well as in See also:corn and See also:wine, an active See also:trade is carried on. The See also:ancient Iria took its name from the See also:river on which it was situated. It was on the road from Placentia to Dertona, and was made a See also:colony by See also:Augustus (colonia See also:Forum Iulium Iriensium).

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