Voghera
a town of Italy; province of Pavia; on the Staffora; 81 miles E. of Turin. It was fortified by Giovanni Galeazzo Visconti, and an old castle still exists built by him toward the end of the 14th century. The church of St.
Lorenzo, founded in the 11th century, and remodeled in 1600, is the only building of importance, but the town is VOGLER handsome and well laid out. There are considerable manufactures, chiefly of cloth and hats. Pop. about 15,000.