Pavia

a fortified town of Italy, in the duchy of Milan, with a celebrated university, and a bishop’s see. In the centre of the town is a castle, where the ancient dukes of Milan resided. It has been often taken and retaken, the last time by the Austrians in 1746. It is seated on the Tesno, over which is a bridge, 15 miles S. of Milan. Lon. 9.15 E. Lat. 45. 13 N. shee