Montebello della Battaglia is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Pavia

Province of Pavia

The Province of Pavia is a province in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. Pavia is the capital.It has an area of 2,965 km², and a total population of 493,753...

 in the Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 region Lombardy

Lombardy

Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...

, located about 50 km south of Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

 and about 20 km south of Pavia

Pavia

Pavia , the ancient Ticinum, is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 35 km south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It is the capital of the province of Pavia. It has a population of c. 71,000...

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Montebello della Battaglia borders the following municipalities: Borgo Priolo

Borgo Priolo

Borgo Priolo is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km south of Milan and about 25 km south of Pavia...

, Casteggio

Casteggio

Casteggio is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 61 km south of Milan and about 25 km south of Pavia...

, Codevilla

Codevilla

Codevilla is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km south of Milan and about 25 km southwest of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 955 and an area of 13.0 km²....

, Lungavilla

Lungavilla

Lungavilla is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km south of Milan and about 15 km southwest of Pavia...

, Torrazza Coste

Torrazza Coste

Torrazza Coste is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km south of Milan and about 25 km southwest of Pavia...

, Verretto

Verretto

Verretto is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km south of Milan and about 15 km south of Pavia...

, Voghera

Voghera

thumb|250px|The Castle of Voghera in a 19th century etching.Voghera is a town and comune of Lombardy, Italy, in the province of Pavia...

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It is famous for two battles: in that of 1800

Battle of Montebello (1800)

The Battle of Montebello was fought on 9 June 1800 near Montebello in Lombardy. During the lead-up to the Battle of Marengo, the vanguard of the French army in Italy engaged and defeated an Austrian force in a "glorious victory".-Background:...

 the French army under Jean Lannes

Jean Lannes

Jean Lannes, 1st Duc de Montebello, was a Marshal of France. He was one of Napoleon's most daring and talented generals. Napoleon once commented on Lannes: "I found him a pygmy and left him a giant"...

 defeated an Austrian

Austrian Empire

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 army. That of 1859

Battle of Montebello (1859)

The Battle of Montebello was fought on May 20, 1859 at Montebello . It was a minor engagement of the Second Italian War of Independence, fought between Piedmontese cavalry and French infantry against Austrian troops. The Austrian defeat, despite the greater number, was another sign that Austrian...

, part of the Austro-Sardinian War, was a victory of the armies of France and Savoy

Savoy

Savoy is a region of France. It comprises roughly the territory of the Western Alps situated between Lake Geneva in the north and Monaco and the Mediterranean coast in the south....

, again over the Austrians.