Valeggio sul Mincio

Infobox CityIT
img_coa =Valeggio sul Mincio-Stemma.gif
official_name =Comune di Valeggio sul Mincio
name = Valeggio sul Mincio
region = Veneto
province = Verona (VR)
elevation_m = 88
area_total_km2 = 63.9
population_as_of = Dec. 2004All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]
population_total = 12118
population_density_km2 = 190
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|45|21|N|10|44|E|type:city(12,118)_region:IT
frazioni = Salionze, Borghetto, Vanoni e Remelli
telephone = 045
postalcode = 37067, 37060
gentilic = Valeggiani
saint = St. George
day = april 23
mayor =Albino Pezzini
website = [http://www.valeggio.com/comune/ www.valeggio.com/comune/]
mapy = 10.7333
mapx = 45.3500

Valeggio sul Mincio is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 120 km west of Venice and about 27 km southwest of Verona. It is crossed by the Mincio river.

The economy is mostly based on agriculture, with some craftwork and industrial production. touristically, Valeggio had become renowned as one of the capitals of "Tortellini".

Valeggio sul Mincio borders the following municipalities: Castelnuovo del Garda, Marmirolo, Monzambano, Mozzecane, Peschiera del Garda, Ponti sul Mincio, Roverbella, Sommacampagna, Sona, Villafranca di Verona, and Volta Mantovana.

History

Main sights

*Borghetto, a picturesque "frazione" with the famous "Ponte Visconteo" ("Visconti Bridge"), a fortified dam built in 1393 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan. The bridge is 650 m long and 25 m wide. It was connected to the nearby Scaliger Castle by two tall merloned walls, and integrated in the fortified complex known as "Serraglio" which extended for c. 16 km in the Veronese plain up to Nogarole Rocca.
*Villa Maffei Sigurtà, built in 1690.

Demographic evolution

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Photogallery

Twin towns

*flagicon|GER Ichenhausen, Germany
*flagicon|AUT St. Johann in Tirol, Austria

References

External links

* [http://www.valeggio.com/comune/ Official website]
* [http://www.hofmann.tv/valeggio/]
* [http://www.hofmann.tv/botanischergarten/]