is a town in the province of
Bergamo , in
Lombardy ,
Italy . Lying south of the capital city, in the lower territory marked by the
Adda and the
Serio rivers.
Treviglio was created in the ic,
Roman and
Lombard origin, respectively. Around the year
1000 Treviglio housed the inhabitans of
Oriano , a commune near
Brescia , who had been destroyed in the course of the struggle between
Arduin Of Ivrea and
Henry II for the
Imperial Crown .
From
1225 Treviglio was a free
Commune whose statutes, dating from
1392 , are currently housed in the City's Museum. The government was held by 60
Consul s, twenty for each of the originary ethnic groups, who remained in charge for six months. These law stated also that no noble could be allowed to live within the city walls.
In
1395 Treviglio gained an autonomy status from the Empire, which it held until
1789 as "Separate Land of the
Duchy Of Milan " apart several brief
Venetian (
1431 -
1433 ,
1448 -
1453 ,
1499-1509 ) occupations. In the course of the last invasion, in 1509, the city was burnt out by the leaving Venetian troops. The French king
Louis XII witnessed the event and vindicated it in the subsequent
Battle Of Agnadello .
Entered in the
Kingdom Of Italy in
1860 , Treviglio is today the second most important city of the
Province Of Bergamo .
Benito Mussolini married
Rachele Guidi in Treviglio, with civil rite, on
December 17 ,
1915 , after the future
Duce had been recovered in the city in the local hospital. The two had already a daughter,
Edda .
Treviglio has two railways stations. One is on the
Milan -
Venice line, the other on the Milan-
Bergamo . It can be reached by car with State Roads N. 11 (Milano-Brescia) and N. 42 (from Bergamo, to
Lodi and
Crema )
Agriculture and trade were prominent in the economy of Treviglio well into the
20th Century , with a flourishing craftmanship producing furniture and
Silk . Industry is now developed in the mechanics, electrics and chemical sectors. In particular, there are a cycle plant, some heavy chemical plants and a big tractor plant, owned by
Same s.p.a.
In last years, a shopping center and a multiplex theatre have been built.
On
May 29 ,
1995 , stage sixteen of the
Giro D'Italia concluded at Treviglio; the stage was won by
Giuseppe Citterio .
