Editing Vigevano (section)

==History==
The earliest records of Vigevano date back to 963, when for the first time is mentioned in documents the castle of Vigevano.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Romanoni |first1=Fabio |title=Longobardi 569- 2019. 1450° anniversario della presenza longobarda tra Ticino, Sesia e Po |date=2020 |publisher=Società Storica Vigevanese |location=Vigevano |pages=34–36 |url=https://www.academia.edu/49038602 |access-date=12 April 2024 |language=it |chapter=Insediamenti di età longobarda in Lomellina tra Ticino, Sesia e Po}}</ref> Vigevano was given in 1154 by Emperor [[Frederick Barbarossa]] in [[Pavia]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Enciclopedia Treccani |title=Vigevano |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/vigevano/ |website=treccani.it |publisher=ISTITUTO DELLA ENCICLOPEDIA ITALIANAFONDATA DA GIOVANNI TRECCANI |access-date=12 April 2024 |language=it}}</ref>

Vigevano was accordingly besieged and taken by the Milanese in 1201 and again in 1275. In 1328 it finally surrendered to [[Azzone Visconti]], and thereafter shared the political fortunes of Milan. The Church of [[San Pietro Martire, Vigevano|San Pietro Martire]] (St Peter Martyr) was built, with the adjacent Dominican convent, by [[Filippo Maria Visconti]] in 1445. In the last years of Visconti domination it sustained a siege by [[Francesco I Sforza|Francesco Sforza]]. Once he was settled in power in Lombardy, Sforza arranged for Vigevano to be set up as the seat of a bishop and provided its revenues.