{{distinguish|Legnano|Legnaro}} {{Infobox Italian comune | name = Legnago | official_name = Città di Legnago | native_name = {{lang|vec|Lenjago}} | image_skyline = Teatro_Salieri.JPG | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = Teatro Salieri | image_shield = | shield_alt = | image_map = Map of comune of Legnago (province of Verona, region Veneto, Italy).svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Legnago within the Province of Verona | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|45|11|40|N|11|18|45|E|region:IT_type:city(25809)|display=inline}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = [[Veneto]] | province = [[Province of Verona|Verona]] (VR) | frazioni = Canove, Casette, Porto, San Pietro, San Vito, Terranegra, Torretta, Vangadizza, Vigo<ref name=a>{{in lang|it}} [http://incomune.interno.it/statuti/statuti/legnago.pdf Municipal statute of Legnago]</ref> | mayor_party = | mayor = Clara Scapin | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 79.66 | population_footnotes =<ref name=istat>{{in lang|it}} [http://demo.istat.it/pop2012/index.html Source] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320212149/http://www.demo.istat.it/pop2012/index.html |date=2018-03-20 }}: [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|Istat]] 2012</ref> | population_total = 25204 | population_as_of = 31 August 2017 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Legnaghesi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 16 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = [[Martin of Tours|Saint Martin]] | day = November 11 | postal_code = 37045, 37040 | area_code = 0442 | website = {{official website|http://www.comune.legnago.vr.it}} | footnotes = }} '''Legnago''' ({{IPA|it|leɲˈɲaːɡo}}; [[Venetian language|Venetian]]: ''Lenjago'') is a town and ''[[comune]]'' in the [[Province of Verona]], [[Veneto]], northern [[Italy]], with population (2012) of 25,439.<ref name=istat/> It is located on the [[Adige]] river, about {{convert|43|km|mi}} from [[Verona]]. Its fertile land produces crops of rice, other cereals, sugar, and tobacco.
==History== There are traces of human presence in the area date back to the [[Bronze Age]].
Legnago had an important military role since the early Middle Ages. In the 19th century it was one of the [[Quadrilatero]] fortresses, the main strongpoint of the Austrian [[Lombardy-Venetia]] puppet state during the [[Italian unification|Italian Wars of Independence]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2025}} The present fortifications were planned and made in 1815, the older defences having been destroyed by [[Napoleon I]] in 1801.<ref>{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Legnago|volume=16|page=379}}</ref>
==Geography== Located in the southwestern corner of its province, near the borders with the ones of [[Province of Rovigo|Rovigo]], [[Province of Padua|Padua]] and [[Province of Vicenza|Vicenza]], Legnago borders with the municipalities of [[Angiari]], [[Bergantino]] (RO), [[Bonavigo]], [[Boschi Sant'Anna]], [[Castelnovo Bariano]] (RO), [[Cerea]], [[Minerbe]], [[Terrazzo, Veneto|Terrazzo]] and [[Villa Bartolomea]]. It counts the hamlets (''[[Frazione|frazioni]]'') of Canove, {{proper name|Casette}}, Porto, San Pietro, San Vito, Terranegra, Torretta, Vangadizza and Vigo.<ref name=a/>
==Main sights== *Church of ''San Salvaro'' (12th century). *Cathedral (''Duomo''), from the 18th century. *The ''Torrione'' ("Grand Tower"), dating from the 14th century, the only surviving tower from the [[Walls of Legnago|old medieval walls]].
== Culture == In honour of Legnago's most famous native, the composer [[Antonio Salieri]], there is a Salieri Opera Festival every autumn sponsored by the Fondazione Culturale Antonio Salieri and dedicated to rediscovering his work and those of his contemporaries. A theatre in Legnago has also been renamed in his honour.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.teatrosalieri.it/index.asp?m0=cartellone&tipo=Salieri_Opera_Festival|title=Salieri Opera Festival| website=Teatro Salieri| language=it|url-status = dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606232139/http://www.teatrosalieri.it/index.asp?m0=cartellone&tipo=Salieri_Opera_Festival| archive-date=6 June 2010| df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==People== * [[Antonio Salieri]] (1750–1825), composer and teacher; peer and key rival of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] * [[Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle]] (1827–1897), art historian * [[Apollo Granforte]] (1886–1975), operatic baritone * [[Alfredo de Palchi]] (1926–2020), poet and translator * [[Paolo Ruberti]] (born 1975), racing driver
==Sport== The local football club is the [[F.C. Legnago Salus S.S.D.]]
== See also ==
* [[Walls of Legnago]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Legnago}} *[http://www.comune.legnago.vr.it Official website] {{in lang|it}}
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