Cava Manara is a 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

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, located about 35 km south of Milan

Milan

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 and about 7 km southwest 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...

, not far from the confluence of the Ticino

Ticino

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 and the Po river

Po River

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The comune is named after Luciano Manara

Luciano Manara

Luciano Manara was an Italian soldier and politician of the Risorgimento era, who took part in the Roman Republic.-Life:Manara was born in Milan....

, an Italian patriot.

Cava Manara borders the following municipalities: Bastida Pancarana

Bastida Pancarana

Bastida Pancarana is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km south of Milan and about 14 km southwest of Pavia in the Oltrepò Pavese traditional region....

, Bressana Bottarone

Bressana Bottarone

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, Carbonara al Ticino

Carbonara al Ticino

Carbonara al Ticino is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km south of Milan and about 7 km southwest of Pavia....

, Rea, San Martino Siccomario

San Martino Siccomario

San Martino Siccomario is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km south of Milan and about 4 km southwest of Pavia...

, Sommo

Sommo

Sommo is a comune in the province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, about 40 km south of Milan and about 8 km southwest of Pavia, on the eastern border of Lomellina traditional region....

, Travacò Siccomario

Travacò Siccomario

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, Zinasco

Zinasco

Zinasco is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km south of Milan and about 10 km southwest of Pavia in the Lomellina. It is formed by two villages, Zinasco Vecchio, known from the 12th century, and Zinasco Nuovo...

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History

Cava Taverna is known since the 13th century. Historically it belonged to Lomellina

Lomellina

The Lomellina is a geographical and historical area in the Pianura Padana of northern Italy, located in south-western Lombardy between the Sesia, Po and Ticino rivers....

. it was renamed Cava Manara in 1863, and in 1871 it absorbed the suppressed communes of Torre de' Torti and Gerrechiozzo.