Province of Pavia, Italy: Towns & Things to Do

Look at a map of Lombardy and Pavia is the odd one out: it borders Piedmont to the west, south-west and north-west, runs up against Emilia-Romagna towards Piacenza, and only meets Milan along its northern edge. The provincial capital shares the province's name. Together they cover 186 municipalities and around 535,000 people, spread very unevenly, with two towns above 60,000 residents at one end and villages of fewer than a hundred at the other.

The one place most visitors come for is the Certosa di Pavia, the monastery a few kilometres outside the capital, in the town that carries the same name. It would be a mistake to stop there. Vigevano is the province's second city and stands on its own rather than orbiting Pavia, while Voghera and Mortara anchor much of the life beyond the two largest towns.

Pavia

Towns in the province of Pavia

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186 towns

Alagna 882 Albaredo Arnaboldi 225 Albonese 565 Albuzzano 3,355 Arena Po 1,625 Badia Pavese 402 Bagnaria 675 Barbianello 890 Bascapè 1,715 Bastida Pancarana 1,032 Battuda 582 Belgioioso 6,287 Bereguardo 2,775 Borgarello 2,659 Borgo Priolo 1,382 Borgo San Siro 1,035 Borgoratto Mormorolo 423 Bornasco 2,589 Bosnasco 633 Brallo di Pregola 689 Breme 853 Bressana Bottarone 3,535 Broni 9,073 Calvignano 128 Campospinoso 990 Candia Lomellina 1,636 Canneto Pavese 1,423 Carbonara al Ticino 1,516 Casanova Lonati 483 Casatisma 895 Casei Gerola 2,500 Casorate Primo 8,480 Cassolnovo 6,940 Castana 744 Casteggio 6,836 Castelletto di Branduzzo 1,037 Castello d'Agogna 1,091 Castelnovetto 624 Cava Manara 6,586 Cecima 233 Ceranova 1,894 Ceretto Lomellina 205 Cergnago 754 Certosa di Pavia 5,004 Cervesina 1,224 Chignolo Po 3,992 Cigognola 1,363 Cilavegna 5,656 Codevilla 1,000 Colli Verdi 1,156 Confienza 1,671 Copiano 1,794 Corana 798 Cornale e Bastida 895 Corteolona e Genzone 2,490 Corvino San Quirico 1,034 Costa de' Nobili 351 Cozzo 371 Cura Carpignano 4,371 Dorno 4,584 Ferrera Erbognone 1,121 Filighera 849 Fortunago 383 Frascarolo 1,214 Galliavola 213 Gambarana 242 Gambolò 9,779 Garlasco 9,791 Gerenzago 1,386 Giussago 5,049 Godiasco Salice Terme 3,130 Golferenzo 206 Gravellona Lomellina 2,688 Gropello Cairoli 4,592 Inverno e Monteleone 1,390 Landriano 5,917 Langosco 436 Lardirago 1,200 Linarolo 2,754 Lirio 136 Lomello 2,295 Lungavilla 2,412 Magherno 1,690 Marcignago 2,440 Marzano 1,559 Mede 6,912 Menconico 378 Mezzana Bigli 1,108 Mezzana Rabattone 502 Mezzanino 1,494 Miradolo Terme 3,792 Montalto Pavese 924 Montebello della Battaglia 1,689 Montecalvo Versiggia 561 Montescano 383 Montesegale 307 Monticelli Pavese 711 Montù Beccaria 1,722 Mornico Losana 721 Mortara 15,156 Nicorvo 364 Olevano di Lomellina 783 Oliva Gessi 173 Ottobiano 1,181 Palestro 1,885 Pancarana 316 Parona 1,987 Pavia Capital 68,280 Pietra de' Giorgi 915 Pieve Albignola 916 Pieve del Cairo 2,108 Pieve Porto Morone 2,788 Pinarolo Po 1,702 Pizzale 722 Ponte Nizza 811 Portalbera 1,551 Rea 432 Redavalle 1,056 Retorbido 1,506 Rivanazzano Terme 5,186 Robbio 6,164 Robecco Pavese 569 Rocca de' Giorgi 79 Rocca Susella 234 Rognano 619 Romagnese 744 Roncaro 1,385 Rosasco 638 Rovescala 917 San Cipriano Po 516 San Damiano al Colle 719 San Genesio ed Uniti 3,788 San Giorgio di Lomellina 1,155 San Martino Siccomario 5,738 San Zenone al Po 598 Sannazzaro de' Burgondi 5,644 Sant'Alessio con Vialone 840 Sant'Angelo Lomellina 864 Santa Cristina e Bissone 2,028 Santa Giuletta 1,685 Santa Margherita di Staffora 513 Santa Maria della Versa 2,476 Sartirana Lomellina 1,760 Scaldasole 967 Semiana 257 Silvano Pietra 680 Siziano 5,807 Sommo 1,146 Spessa 602 Stradella 11,639 Suardi 651 Torrazza Coste 1,693 Torre Beretti e Castellaro 588 Torre d'Arese 977 Torre d'Isola 2,395 Torre de' Negri 347 Torrevecchia Pia 3,427 Torricella Verzate 837 Travacò Siccomario 4,361 Trivolzio 2,036 Tromello 3,828 Trovo 1,023 Val di Nizza 655 Valeggio 236 Valle Lomellina 2,153 Valle Salimbene 1,537 Varzi 3,405 Velezzo Lomellina 101 Vellezzo Bellini 3,066 Verretto 386 Verrua Po 1,319 Vidigulfo 5,933 Vigevano 60,109 Villa Biscossi 75 Villanova d'Ardenghi 770 Villanterio 3,153 Vistarino 1,546 Voghera 38,174 Volpara 133 Zavattarello 1,036 Zeccone 1,696 Zeme 1,082 Zenevredo 478 Zerbo 445 Zerbolò 1,653 Zinasco 3,223

The top 14 places in Pavia

Our editors' ranking: the area's most important places, drawn from the individual town guides. See the national rankings →

Inlaid wooden choir stalls featuring figures of saints inside the Certosa di Pavia.

1 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries Certosa di Pavia 📍 Certosa di Pavia Founded in 1396 by the Duke of Milan, this Gothic-Renaissance monastery was built as the grand Visconti mausoleum.

Piazza Ducale in Vigevano showing the concave facade of Sant'Ambrogio Cathedral.

2 🏰 Castles & palaces Castello Sforzesco 📍 Vigevano Visconti-Sforza complex at the highest point of Vigevano, with the Bramante tower and three museums.

The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Piazza Duomo, Voghera.

3 🏰 Castles & palaces Castello Visconteo 📍 Voghera The fourteenth-century Visconti castle in Voghera, long a prison, with frescoes of the Muses attributed to Bramantino.

Pavia and around, on the map

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🍝 At the table: Lombardy

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First course De.Co.

Risotto alla Milanese rice, saffron, beef marrow and butter, creamy and soft

Rice, saffron, beef marrow and butter: Milan's golden dish, tied by legend to a glassmaker of the Duomo in 1574.

Dessert PAT

Sbrisolona crumbly almond and cornmeal cake, broken by hand

White and yellow flour, almonds, butter and sugar, broken by hand: sbrisolona is Mantova's cake, already served at the Gonzaga court.

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Upcoming events in Pavia

Patron saint festival In 4 days 📍 Corvino San Quirico

Feast of the Madonna Immacolata

📅 Every year, on the third Sunday of October

On the third Sunday of October Corvino San Quirico, a municipality of 1,034 inhabitants in the province of Pavia, celebrates its patroness the Madonna Immacolata (Immaculate Virgin).

Patron saint festival In 4 days 📍 Marcignago