Frassinelle Polesine

Villamarzana is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) southwest of Venice and about 10 kilometres (6 mi) southwest of Rovigo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,176 and an area of 14.1 square kilometres (5.4 sq mi).The municipality of Villamarzana contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Bastion, Boaria, Fondo Cuore, Gambero, Gognano, I Maggio, Preguerre, and Stongarde. Villamarzana borders the following municipalities: Arquà Polesine, Costa di Rovigo, Frassinelle Polesine, Fratta Polesine, Pincara.

Arquà Polesine (Italian pronunciation: [arˈkwa ppoˈleːzine]; Venetian: Arquà Połesine) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) southwest of Venice and about 7 kilometres (4 mi) southwest of Rovigo. Arquà Polesine borders the following municipalities: Bosaro, Costa di Rovigo, Frassinelle Polesine, Polesella, Rovigo, Villamarzana. Sights include the castle, built in 1146 by Guglielmo III degli Adelardi Marcheselli, lord of Ferrara, and the parish church (rebuilt around 1516).

Costa di Rovigo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of Venice and about 7 kilometres (4 mi) southwest of Rovigo. Costa di Rovigo borders the following municipalities: Arquà Polesine, Fratta Polesine, Rovigo, Villamarzana, Villanova del Ghebbo.

Frattesina is a place in northern Italy near the town of Fratta Polesine which, in the Late Bronze Age, was responsible for the production of much of the glass found in Europe.Frattesina was founded on the river Po, and evidence of glass manufacture dates from ca. 1100 to the tenth century BC. Evidence suggests that not only was alkali glass manufactured there, but also that the site was involved in long-distance trade. Evidence of glazing of pottery has also been found.

Grignano Polesine is a frazione of Rovigo with 3,000 inhabitants. It is approximately 8 km south of the town centre. With the name of Grignano di Polesine, assumed in 1867 after the precedent Grignano, it became an autonomous comune until 1927, when it became a frazione of Rovigo together with Boara Polesine, Borsea, Buso, Concadirame and Sant'Apollinare con Selva. The number of inhabitants, according to the past censi, was of 2,491 in 1871, 2,734 in 1881, 2,642 in 1901, 2,949 in 1911 and 3,186 in 1921.

Bosaro is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of Venice and about 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Rovigo. Bosaro borders the following municipalities: Arquà Polesine, Guarda Veneta, Polesella, Pontecchio Polesine, Rovigo.

Villa Badoer is a villa in Fratta Polesine, in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It was designed in 1556 by Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio for the Venetian noble Francesco Badoer, and built between 1557 and 1563 on the site of a medieval castle, which guarded a bridge across a navigable canal. This was the first time Palladio used his fully developed temple pediment in the façade of a villa. Villa Badoer has been part since 1996 of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto".The building is open to the public and one of the wings houses the Museo archeologico nazionale di Fratta Polesine, opened in 2009.

Villanova del Ghebbo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) southwest of Venice and about 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of Rovigo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,209 and an area of 11.8 square kilometres (4.6 sq mi).The municipality of Villanova del Ghebbo contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Bornio and Canton. Villanova del Ghebbo borders the following municipalities: Costa di Rovigo, Fratta Polesine, Lendinara, Lusia, Rovigo.

The Battle of Polesella, fought on 22 December 1509, by forces of the Duchy of Ferrara and the Republic of Venice, was a naval battle on the River Po in the War of the League of Cambrai in the Italian Wars. It was an overwhelming victory for Ferrara.

Barbona is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of Venice and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Padua. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 765 and an area of 8.6 square kilometres (3.3 sq mi).The municipality of Barbona contains the frazione (subdivision) Lusia. Barbona borders the following municipalities: Lusia, Rovigo, Sant'Urbano, Vescovana.

Guarda Veneta is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region of Veneto, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of Venice and about 9 kilometres (6 mi) south of Rovigo. Guarda Veneta borders the following municipalities: Bosaro, Crespino, Polesella, Pontecchio Polesine, Ro.

Francolino is a frazione—village or suburb—of Ferrara, Italy. It is located about 10 miles (16 km) northeast of central Ferrara on the southern bank of the Po River. It was sometimes previously known as Francolini.