| Voghera is now a quiet peaceful town in the southern | | | | of the people into Viqueria, from which was born the |
| Lombardy region of Italy. Over its long history the town | | | | modern name Voghera. |
| has changed hands many times, and each historical | | | | In medieval times Voghera again became a |
| era has left its mark on the city. | | | | Municipality, constantly afflicted by struggles with |
| The geographical position of Voghera made it a place | | | | neighbouring cities. It was conquered by the Visconti |
| of human settlement from ancient times, and we know | | | | from Milan: Filippo Maria Visconti, then Duke of Milan, |
| that in the prehistorical era Voghera was inhabited by | | | | granted the town to the powerful feudal family of Dal |
| the Ligurians - at which time it was known as Iria. | | | | Verme, and then, when the family died out, Voghera |
| Later the Romans conquered the settlement and | | | | returned to control by Milan, under the rule of Ludovico |
| made it an important 'Municipality', because the city | | | | il Moro. |
| was placed along the Via Postumia trade route which | | | | In the 18th century Voghera, with the Treaty of Utrecht |
| joined Piacenza with Genoa. | | | | (1713), became an Austrian domain, and then, still in the |
| However, relations with the Romans were strained | | | | 18th century, with the Treaty of Worms (1743), it was |
| because, at the time of the wars against Hannibal, the | | | | dominated by the Dukes of Savoy. |
| Iriati (Iria inhabitants) stood against the Romans. As a | | | | The city was later conquered by the French in the |
| result, after the defeat of Hannibal they made | | | | Napoleonic age and, after the fall of Napoleon, it |
| Voghera a military outpost with the goal of controlling | | | | returned to Savoy and it became part of the Kingdom |
| the local population and territory. | | | | of Italy with the national unification that took place in |
| After the fall of the Roman Empire, Iria-Voghera lost | | | | 1861. |
| much of its political and military importance. In the early | | | | So we can see that the history of Voghera has been |
| Middle Ages it was a simple village (Latin "Vicus"), and | | | | very eventful, and your visit will reveal traces of many |
| its new name bacame Vicus Iriae, which, with the | | | | of these different rulers - above all in the art and |
| passage of time, turned itself in the spoken language | | | | architecture of the town. |