What is Pavia?
{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Pavia | official_name = Città di Pavia | native_name = | image_skyline = Collage Pavia.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Top left:Strada Nuova shopping area, Top right:Visconti Castle, Bottom left:Sunset in Vittoria Square and Broletto Cathedral, Bottom upper right:Borgo Basso area and riverside of Ticino, Bottom lower right:Coperto Bridgr and Ticino River | image_alt = | image_flag = Flag of Pavia.svg | flag_alt = | image_shield = Pavia-Stemma.svg | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|45|11||N|09|09||E|region:IT_type:city|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = [[Lombardy]] | province = [[province of Pavia|Pavia]] (PV) | frazioni = Albertario, Ca' della Terra, Cantone Tre Miglia, Cassinino, Cittadella, Fossarmato, Mirabello, Montebellino, Pantaleona, Prado, Villalunga | mayor_party = PdL | mayor = Alessandro Cattaneo | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 62 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 71227 | population_as_of = 31 October 2010 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Pavesi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 77 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = [[Syrus of Pavia]] }} [[File:Castello Visconteo-Pavia-Italy.jpg|left|thumb|Castello in Pavia]] '''Pavia''' ({{IPA-it|paˈviːa|lang|It-Pavia.ogg}}; [[Lombard language|Lombard]]: ''Pavia''; {{lang-lat|Ticinum}}) is a [[city]] in northern [[Italy]]. Pavia is in the [[Lombardy]] Region with 71.486 people living in it. It is a very old, [[history|historical city]]. It is 30 [[kilometer|km]] south of [[Milan]]. == History of Pavia == The town of Pavia (then known as Ticinum) was a big city and a special military area for the [[Roman Empir