Naviglio Pavese
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The Naviglio Pavese is one of the canals making up the Navigli system in Lombardy, Italy. Once navigable, it is 33 km long and connected the city of Milan to Pavia, and through a flight of six locks t
The Naviglio Pavese in Milan
Galeazzo II Visconti
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Galeazzo II Visconti was a member of the Visconti dynasty and a ruler of Milan, Italy. His most notable military campaigns were against Pope Gregory XI, around 1367. These battles fought between the p
Naviglio Pavese
…this allowed Pavia complete control over traffic to and from Milan. Ancient testimonies, e.g. by Bernardino Corio, a Milanese historian, indicate thatt Galeazzo II Visconti had a canal built in 1359 between Pavia and Milan for irrigation. In 1457 Francesco Sforza ordered that a canal be built from Milan to Pavia via…
Galeazzo II
Galeazzo II Visconti who built the Ticin Bridge and Vernavola Park painting by Cristofano dell'Altissimo