Castello d'Agogna is a small town and comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Pavia

Province of Pavia

The Province of Pavia is a province in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. Pavia is the capital.It has an area of 2,965 km², and a total population of 493,753...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Lombardy

Lombardy

Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...

, located about 45 km southwest of Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

 and about 35 km west of Pavia

Pavia

Pavia , the ancient Ticinum, is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 35 km south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It is the capital of the province of Pavia. It has a population of c. 71,000...

. It is crossed by the Agogna

Agogna

The Agogna is a narrow long river which runs through the Italian regions of Piedmont and Lombardy. It is a left side tributary of the river Po....

 river.

Castello d'Agogna borders the following municipalities: Ceretto Lomellina

Ceretto Lomellina

Ceretto Lomellina is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km southwest of Milan and about 40 km west of Pavia...

, Mortara, Olevano di Lomellina

Olevano di Lomellina

Olevano di Lomellina is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km southwest of Milan and about 35 km west of Pavia....

, Sant'Angelo Lomellina

Sant'Angelo Lomellina

Sant'Angelo Lomellina is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km southwest of Milan and about 35 km west of Pavia...

, Zeme.

History

In the Middle Ages the village belonged to the abbey of Santa Croce di Mortara

Mortara

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, and in 1387 it became a fief of the lords of Robbio

Robbio

Robbio is a city and comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km southwest of Milan and about 45 km west of Pavia...

. Later it was part of the Duchy of Milan

Duchy of Milan

The Duchy of Milan , was created on the 1st of may 1395, when Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Lord of Milan, purchased a diploma for 100,000 Florins from King Wenceslaus. It was this diploma that installed, Gian Galeazzo as Duke of Milan and Count of Pavia...

. In 1713 it became part of the Duchy of Savoy

Duchy of Savoy

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, and in 1859 was included in the province of Pavia.