PAVIA, a province or delegation of the Austrian territory of Milan, in Italy, bounded on the north by Milan, on the east by Lodi, on the south by Parma and Sardinia, and on the west by Sardinia. It extends over 495 square miles, comprising, besides the capital, eight market-towns, and 183 villages, with 168,500 inhabitants. It is a very level district, drained by the river Po, and by the smaller streams of the Ticino, Lambro, and Olona. It is well cultivated, and, besides the common grain, produces much rice and maize, with some silk.

PAVIA, a city of the Austro-Italian dominions, the capital of the delegation of the same name. It stands on the river Ticino, over which there is a marble bridge of seven arches. It has been fortified, but is now scarcely defensible. It is the see of a bishop, and, besides the cathedral, contains eighteen churches. It has a university furnished with a library of 33,000 volumes, a botanic garden, an anatomical theatre, a laboratory, and a physical museum. The professors are thirty-three, and the pupils from seven to eight hundred. It has some trade in silk, and in the other productions of the soil in its vicinity. It contains 1830 houses, and 23,800 inhabitants. Long. 9. 4. 18. E. Lat. 45. 10. 7. N.