Gazzo Veronese 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 Verona

Province of Verona

The Province of Verona is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Verona.-Overview:The province has an area of 3,109 km², and a total population of 912,981...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Veneto

Veneto

Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...

, located about 100 km southwest of Venice

Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...

 and about 30 km south of Verona

Verona

Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...

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Gazzo Veronese borders the following municipalities: Casaleone

Casaleone

Casaleone is a comune in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 90 km southwest of Venice and about 35 km southeast of Verona.-External links:* *...

, Nogara

Nogara

Nogara is a comune in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 100 km southwest of Venice and about 30 km south of Verona....

, Ostiglia

Ostiglia

Ostiglia is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southeast of Mantua....

, Sanguinetto

Sanguinetto

Sanguinetto is a comune in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 100 km southwest of Venice and about 30 km southeast of Verona...

, Serravalle a Po

Serravalle a Po

Serravalle a Po is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 150 km east of Milan and about 20 km east of Mantua....

, Sorgà

Sorgà

Sorgà is a comune with 3115 inhabitants in the province of Verona....

, Sustinente

Sustinente

Sustinente is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 140 km southeast of Milan and about 11 km southeast of Mantua....

 and Villimpenta

Villimpenta

Villimpenta is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 150 km east of Milan and about 20 km east of Mantua....

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The economy is mostly based on agriculture.

History

Gazzo's area was inhabited since the 4th millennium BC

4th millennium BC

The 4th millennium BC saw major changes in human culture. It marked the beginning of the Bronze Age and of writing.The city states of Sumer and the kingdom of Egypt were established and grew to prominence. Agriculture spread widely across Eurasia...

, but the modern settlement has Lombard

Lombards

The Lombards , also referred to as Longobards, were a Germanic tribe of Scandinavian origin, who from 568 to 774 ruled a Kingdom in Italy...

 origin. Its name derives in fact from the Lombard gahagi, meaning "wood". In Roman times it should be already populated, but the inhabitants fled with the fall of the Western Roman Empire

Western Roman Empire

The Western Roman Empire was the western half of the Roman Empire after its division by Diocletian in 285; the other half of the Roman Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire, commonly referred to today as the Byzantine Empire....

. In the 9th century Benedictine

Benedictine

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 monks of the Veronese

Verona

Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...

 church of Santa Maria in Organo

Santa Maria in Organo

Santa Maria in Organo is a church in Verona, Northern Italy.-History:The church's origin dates to the 6th-8th century, at the time of the Ostrogoth and Lombard dominations in Italy. The original convent was destroyed in Napoleonic times. The church was rebuilt after an earthquake in 1117...

 dried the area. The fief was wold to Federico della Scala in 1307.

The current comune was created in 1929 by the merger of Gazzo and Correzzo, the municipal set being moved to the frazione of Roncanova in the occasion.

Main sights

Main sights include

• the Romanesque 12th century church of Santa Maria Maggiore, on the Tartaro river.
• The ruins of Gazzo Castle.
• Roman Tower (4th century AD).
• The church (Ceson) of San Pietro in Valle, at Pradelle.
• Church of San Prosdocimo, dating from the 15th century, also at Pradelle.

External links

• Official website