Dalla Chiesa, killed by the Mafia in 1982, and the weapon that allegedly killed Benito Mussolini. Transport Voghera railway station, opened in 1858, forms part of the Alessandria–Piacenza railway, and is also an important node of the railway from Milan to Genoa. Due to its strategic position, the station is an important trading node, and one of the major railway stations in Italy's north-west. Popular culture and media The term "Voghera housewife" (Casalinga di Voghera) is often used in the media, political discourse and even in common parlance as a reference to the average, stereotypical, somewhat lower-middle-class person, voter or consumer. It is not a disparaging term but refers to an average person who – despite not being very educated or sophisticated – with hard work and self-sacrifice is trying to raise a family as best as possible. People Alberto Arbasino, writer Sandro Bolchi, cinema director Ambrogio Casati, painter Valentino Garavani, fashion designer Attilio Gatti, explorer in Africa, author (b. in Voghera 1896) Aldo Giorgini, computer art pioneer Carolina Invernizio, writer Alessandro Maragliano, writer Maserati Brothers, automobile engineers Antonio Natali, politician Mauro Nespoli, archer Giovanni Parisi, boxer Giovanni Plana, astronomer, mathematician Federico Sandi, motorcycle racer Luigi Montagna, better known as Bull Montana, professional wrestler and actor Fabrizio Poggi, Grammy-nominated blues harmonica player Twin cities Manosque, France Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany Cheyenne, United States See also Oltrepò Pavese References External links Voghera official website Castles in Italy