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Campagna Lupia
The Municipality of Campagna Lupia lies in the central-southern part of the Province of Venice and is surrounded by the municipalities of Mira, Chioggia, Codevigo, Piove di Sacco, Campolongo Maggiore and Camponogara.
The Campagna Lupia area has been inhabited since ancient times. Local finds show that it dates to the Neolithic period when it was inhabited by Paleo-Veneto populations. Place-names such as Lugo from lucus or wood, Lova from lupus or wolf, Campagna from campanea or countryside originate to the time when it was a Roman colony crossed by the Via Popilia consular road leading to the Via Annia. The local population, mainly fishermen and farmers, built dykes and canals that allowed villages to be founded. These settlements generally had close links to Padua: for example, Lova was the seat of an extremely old rural church, or pieve, founded before the Lombard invasion, while Campagna was an important farming supply centre and seat of a podestà, or Chief Magistrate, appointed by the Commune of Padua. A period of growth under the emperor was followed by decline due to floods, earthquakes, battles and invasions. After being ruled by the Carraresi family, the area passed to the Venetian Republic and then, in 1815, to the Austrians. Major hydraulic projects were carried out under Venice as well as under the Austrians (digging of the Brentone, breach of the Nuovissimo and channelisation of the Brenta), which led to the gradual reclamation of the area. In 1866 the Commune of Campagna became part of the Kingdom of Italy, changing its name to Campagna Lupia (Campagna di Lova) to reflect its distant origins.
* Inhabitants as of 21/10/2001, date of the 14th Population and Housing Census, ISTAT (Italian National Institute of Statistics).
Sites worth seeing:
The Campagna Lupia area has been inhabited since ancient times. Local finds show that it dates to the Neolithic period when it was inhabited by Paleo-Veneto populations. Place-names such as Lugo from lucus or wood, Lova from lupus or wolf, Campagna from campanea or countryside originate to the time when it was a Roman colony crossed by the Via Popilia consular road leading to the Via Annia. The local population, mainly fishermen and farmers, built dykes and canals that allowed villages to be founded. These settlements generally had close links to Padua: for example, Lova was the seat of an extremely old rural church, or pieve, founded before the Lombard invasion, while Campagna was an important farming supply centre and seat of a podestà, or Chief Magistrate, appointed by the Commune of Padua. A period of growth under the emperor was followed by decline due to floods, earthquakes, battles and invasions. After being ruled by the Carraresi family, the area passed to the Venetian Republic and then, in 1815, to the Austrians. Major hydraulic projects were carried out under Venice as well as under the Austrians (digging of the Brentone, breach of the Nuovissimo and channelisation of the Brenta), which led to the gradual reclamation of the area. In 1866 the Commune of Campagna became part of the Kingdom of Italy, changing its name to Campagna Lupia (Campagna di Lova) to reflect its distant origins.
| AREA (sq.km) | 87,54 |
| POPULATION * | 6.228 |
| DENSITY (inhabitants/sq.km) | 71,79 |
| OECD rural area (density < 150 inhabitants/sq.km) | SI' |
Sites worth seeing:
- Church of Santa Maria di Lugo, a 13th-century Romanesque building. Next to the church is an archaeological museum containing numerous votive bronzes, coins, gold rings, potshards, architectural fragments). Recent excavations in the local area have uncovered a Paleo-Veneto cinerary urn, nine medieval skeletons and numerous Roman amphorae.
- Church of Santi Pietro e Paolo, probably dating to the 13th century with frescoes by Mengardi
- Church of Santi Gregorio Magno e Tommaso (Lughetto), dating to 1505
- Villa Colonda Marchesini. Built in 1572, it now houses the Town Hall
- Church of Santa Giustina (Lova) dating to 1226
- Valle Zappa and its striking villa featured in countless TV ads
- The Valle Averto nature reserve is an area of 500 hectares that is partly run by the WWF and partly dedicated to fish farming; a reserve since 1988, it has observation hides and nature trails to allow visitors to admire the flora and fauna.
- Valle Figheri with its fish farms contains one of Europe’s biggest heron colonies
- Lova pumping station built at the end of the 1800s
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