# Legnago

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Not to be confused with [Legnano](/source/Legnano) or [Legnaro](/source/Legnaro).

Comune in Veneto, Italy

Legnago Lenjago Comune Città di Legnago Teatro Salieri Legnago within the Province of Verona Legnago Location of Legnago in Italy Show map of Italy Legnago Legnago (Veneto) Show map of Veneto Coordinates: 45°11′40″N 11°18′45″E / 45.19444°N 11.31250°E / 45.19444; 11.31250 Country Italy Region Veneto Province Verona (VR) Frazioni Canove, Casette, Porto, San Pietro, San Vito, Terranegra, Torretta, Vangadizza, Vigo[1] Government • Mayor Clara Scapin Area [2] • Total 79.66 km2 (30.76 sq mi) Elevation 16 m (52 ft) Population (31 August 2017)[3] • Total 25,204 • Density 316.4/km2 (819.5/sq mi) Demonym Legnaghesi Time zone UTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST) Postal code 37045, 37040 Dialing code 0442 Patron saint Saint Martin Saint day November 11 Website Official website

**Legnago** (Italian pronunciation: [\[leɲˈɲaːɡo\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Italian); [Venetian](/source/Venetian_language): *Lenjago*) is a town and *[comune](/source/Comune)* in the [Province of Verona](/source/Province_of_Verona), [Veneto](/source/Veneto), northern [Italy](/source/Italy), with population (2012) of 25,439.[3] It is located on the [Adige](/source/Adige) river, about 43 kilometres (27 mi) from [Verona](/source/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](/source/Bronze_Age).

Legnago had an important military role since the early Middle Ages. In the 19th century it was one of the [Quadrilatero](/source/Quadrilatero) fortresses, the main strongpoint of the Austrian [Lombardy-Venetia](/source/Lombardy-Venetia) puppet state during the [Italian Wars of Independence](/source/Italian_unification).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] The present fortifications were planned and made in 1815, the older defences having been destroyed by [Napoleon I](/source/Napoleon_I) in 1801.[4]

## Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of its province, near the borders with the ones of [Rovigo](/source/Province_of_Rovigo), [Padua](/source/Province_of_Padua) and [Vicenza](/source/Province_of_Vicenza), Legnago borders with the municipalities of [Angiari](/source/Angiari), [Bergantino](/source/Bergantino) (RO), [Bonavigo](/source/Bonavigo), [Boschi Sant'Anna](/source/Boschi_Sant'Anna), [Castelnovo Bariano](/source/Castelnovo_Bariano) (RO), [Cerea](/source/Cerea), [Minerbe](/source/Minerbe), [Terrazzo](/source/Terrazzo%2C_Veneto) and [Villa Bartolomea](/source/Villa_Bartolomea). It counts the hamlets (*[frazioni](/source/Frazione)*) of Canove, Casette, Porto, San Pietro, San Vito, Terranegra, Torretta, Vangadizza and Vigo.[1]

## 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 [old medieval walls](/source/Walls_of_Legnago).

## Culture

In honour of Legnago's most famous native, the composer [Antonio Salieri](/source/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.[5]

## People

- [Antonio Salieri](/source/Antonio_Salieri) (1750–1825), composer and teacher; peer and key rival of [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](/source/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart)

- [Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle](/source/Giovanni_Battista_Cavalcaselle) (1827–1897), art historian

- [Apollo Granforte](/source/Apollo_Granforte) (1886–1975), operatic baritone

- [Alfredo de Palchi](/source/Alfredo_de_Palchi) (1926–2020), poet and translator

- [Paolo Ruberti](/source/Paolo_Ruberti) (born 1975), racing driver

## Sport

The local football club is the [F.C. Legnago Salus S.S.D.](/source/F.C._Legnago_Salus_S.S.D.)

## See also

- [Walls of Legnago](/source/Walls_of_Legnago)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-a_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-a_1-1) (in Italian) [Municipal statute of Legnago](http://incomune.interno.it/statuti/statuti/legnago.pdf)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v20_2-0)** ["Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011"](https://www.istat.it/it/archivio/156224). Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-istat_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-istat_3-1) (in Italian) [Source](http://demo.istat.it/pop2012/index.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180320212149/http://www.demo.istat.it/pop2012/index.html) 2018-03-20 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine): [Istat](/source/National_Institute_of_Statistics_(Italy)) 2012

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): [Chisholm, Hugh](/source/Hugh_Chisholm), ed. (1911). "[Legnago](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Legnago)". *[Encyclopædia Britannica](/source/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition)*. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 379.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Salieri Opera Festival"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100606232139/http://www.teatrosalieri.it/index.asp?m0=cartellone&tipo=Salieri_Opera_Festival). *Teatro Salieri* (in Italian). Archived from [the original](http://www.teatrosalieri.it/index.asp?m0=cartellone&tipo=Salieri_Opera_Festival) on 6 June 2010.

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Legnago](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Legnago).

- [Official website](http://www.comune.legnago.vr.it) (in Italian)

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