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Its principal attraction, the spectacular Charterhouse or Certosa di Pavia, is in fact some 10 km (6 miles) north of the city, a 30-minute drive from Milan.
By the eighth century, the Byzantines held the balance of power with the Lombards (a Germanic tribe), who had invaded Italy in 568 and set up their capital at Pavia four years later.
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Natural fertility was enhanced by Europe’s most advanced systems of irrigation, still operating in the medieval canals that you’ll see on your way south to Pavia.
In foreign affairs, after he had crushed the Duke of Milan’s army at Marignano and formed a showy alliance with Henry VIII of England, François I’s European ambitions were halted by the German Emperor Charles V. François even suffered the indignity of a year’s imprisonment in Madrid, following a resounding defeat at Pavia in 1525.