Lodi

Lodi (; Lombard: Lòd) is a city in northern Italy. Lodi is in the Lombardy Region with a population of 43,488 people (as of 2008).source ISTAT - Italian Institute of Statistics The people who live in Lodi are called Lodigiani. Lodi is famous for a cake called Tortionata.

Lodi was built after the destruction of the ancient roman city of Laus Pompeia during the war with Milan.

The construction of the new city was aided by the German emperor Frederick I Barbarossa.

Sister Cities
  Constance, Germany
  Lodi, California, United States
  Omegna, Italy.
 Fontainebleau, France.

References



 Mario-Giuseppe Genesi, Gli Organi Storici del Lodigiano, Piacenza, L.I.R. Editrice, 2017, pp. 720.


Category:Capital cities in Italy