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Casteggio
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| Comune di Casteggio | |
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 Municipal coat of arms |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Province | Pavia (PV) |
| Mayor | Michele Manfra (since 2004-06-14) |
| Elevation | 90 m |
| Area | 17.78 km² |
| Population | |
| - Total (as of 2005) | 6,413 |
| - Density | 359/km² |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Casteggiani |
| Dialing code | 0383 |
| Postal code | 27045 |
| Frazioni | Cròtesi, Mairano, Rivetta, San Biagio, Sgarbina, Tronco Nero |
| Patron | St. Peter Martyr |
| - Day | Monday after Third Sunday in September |
  Location of Casteggio in Italy |
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| Website: www.comune.casteggio.pv.it | |
Casteggio is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km south of Milan and about 20 km south of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,380 and an area of 17.8 km2.[1]
Casteggio borders the following municipalities: Borgo Priolo, Calvignano, Casatisma, Corvino San Quirico, Montebello della Battaglia, Oliva Gessi, Robecco Pavese, Verretto.
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Castidium was a settlement of the Ligures, belonging to the tribe called Marici by the Romans (and wrong listed as Celts by Polybius). The location was the seat of a major defeat of the Marici by the legions of Marcus Claudius Marcellus, which was celebrated in a tragedy by the Latin poet Naevius. In 218 BC it returned independent after the Roman defeat in the neighbourhood by Hannibal's army, but returned under Roman rule in 197 BC, when it was also set to fire.
Never recovering the former splendour, it was annexed to the colony of Piacenza, under which it remained also after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
In the Middle Ages was under the influence of Pavia, to which it was assigned by Frederick Barbarossa in 1164. In 1441 it was acquired by Cesare Martinengo, and was later under the Simonetta, Sforza, Bentivoglio, Del Carretto. It was heavily damaged during the Italian Wars of Late 15th-Early 16th century.
Casteggio was the birthplace of the explorer Giuseppe Maria Giulietti.
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