|
|
 |
| |
|
Home > Travel Italy > Italy Destinations > Lodi
Lodi
Italy, officially the Italian Republic or Repubblica Italiana, is a Southern European country comprising of the Po River valley, the Italian Peninsula and the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. It is shaped like a boot and for this reason Italians commonly call it lo Stivale, the boot or, due to its prevalent peninsular geographical nature, la Penisola, the Peninsula.
Inhabitants of Italy are referred to as Italians. Their official language is Standard Italian, descendant of Tuscan dialect and a direct descendant of Latin. The word Italy is derived from the Homeric Aeolic word which means bull. Italy is subject to highly diverse weather conditions in autumn, winter, and spring. The country has the fifth-highest population density in Europe at 193 persons per square kilometer. Today, despite regional variations in the form of accents and vowel emphasis, Italian is fully comprehensible to most throughout the country.
Lodi is a city in Lombardy, Italy, on the right coast of the river Adda. It is the capital of the province of Lodi. It was a Celtic village that in Roman times was called in Latin Laus Pompeia probably in honor of the consul Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo and known also because its position allowed many Gauls of Gallia Cisalpina to obtain Roman citizenship. In 2004, the population of the city was 42,707 and an area of 41 square kilometers.
In 1945, the Italian petrol company Agip, directed by Enrico Mattei, started extracting methane from its fields, and Lodi was the first Italian city with a regular domestic gas service. Lodi is an attractive city with natural beauty and historical places, while traveling in Italy.
Back to Italy Destinations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|