Lozzo Atestino
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Lozzo Atestino 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 Padua
Province of Padua
The Province of Padua is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Padua.-History and territory:...

 in the Italian
Italy
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 region Veneto
Veneto
Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...

, located about 60 km southwest of Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...

 and about 25 km southwest of Padua
Padua
Padua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 . The city is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having...

, in the Colli Euganei
Colli Euganei
Colli Euganei are located in the Veneto region of northern Italy, a few kilometers south of Padua. They take their name from the Euganei, a semi-mythical population who inhabited the area before the Veneti....

 regional park.

The municipality of Lozzo Atestino contains the frazioni
Frazione
A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Chiavicone, Lanzetta, and Valbona.

Lozzo Atestino borders the following municipalities: Agugliaro
Agugliaro
Agugliaro is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is located east of road SP247.In the hamlet of Finale di Agugliaro is the sixteenth-century Villa Saraceno, which was designed by Palladio and is conserved as part of a World Heritage Site. Other patrician villas in the...

, Baone
Baone
Baone is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 50 km southwest of Venice and about 25 km southwest of Padua...

, Cinto Euganeo
Cinto Euganeo
Cinto Euganeo is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 50 km southwest of Venice and about 20 km southwest of Padua. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,104 and an area of 19.7 km².Cinto Euganeo borders the following...

, Este
Este, Italy
Este is a town and comune of the Province of Padua, in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Euganei Hills. The town is a centre for farming, crafts and industry worthy of note.-History:...

, Noventa Vicentina
Noventa Vicentina
Noventa Vicentina is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy. It is west of SP247 provincial road.The main attraction is the patrician Villa Barbarigo.- Sources :*...

, Ospedaletto Euganeo
Ospedaletto Euganeo
Ospedaletto Euganeo is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 km southwest of Venice and about 30 km southwest of Padua...

, Vo
Vo, Italy
Vò is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 50 km west of Venice and about 20 km southwest of Padua. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,416 and an area of 20.4 km²....

.

Notable people

  • Nevio Scala (football player and coach) was born and still lives in Lozzo Atestino
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