a strong development of industry starting from the 1880s, so much so that it also hosted establishments of national importance, such as Necchi or the first large Italian factory of artificial silk and synthetic fabrics, the Snia Viscosa, built in 1905. In 1951 almost 27% of Pavia's workforce was employed in the industrial sector. Starting from the 70s of the twentieth century, the city underwent a sudden deindustrialization which led to the closure of many companies, especially those in the chemical and mechanical sectors, while those related to the food sector, such as Riso Scotti, pharmaceutical companies and related to packaging and labeling. Transport Pavia railway station, opened in 1862, forms part of the Milan–Genoa railway, and is also a terminus of four secondary railways, linking Pavia with Alessandria, Mantua, Vercelli and Stradella. Pavia is also connected to Milan through the S13 line of the Milan suburban railway service with trains every 30 minutes. Pavia P. Garibaldi is a small railway station on the Pavia–Mantua railway. Twin towns – sister cities Pavia is twinned with: Ayamé, Ivory Coast Besançon, France Bethlehem, Palestine Hersbruck, Germany Hildesheim, Germany Vilnius, Lithuania Zakynthos, Greece People People born in Pavia include: Caterina Assandra (c. 1590 – after 1618), composer and Benedictine nun Bernardus Papiensis (pre-1150 – 18 September 1213), canonist and bishop Donato Conte de' Bardi (Active 1426– died 1450/1451), painter Belbello da Pavia (d. c. 1470), painter Monica Boggioni (born 5 August 1998), Paralympic swimmer Luigi Valentino Brugnatelli (1761-1818), chemist Federico Burdisso (born 20 September 2001), swimmer Epiphanias, 6th century saint Lanfranc (c. 1005–1089), abbot and Archbishop of Canterbury Gerolamo Cardano (1501–1576), scientist Ines Castellani Fantoni Benaglio, also known by the pseudonym of Memini (1849 -Azzate), writer Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (1447-1522), sculptor, engineer and architect Benedetto Cairoli (1825–1889), twice head of the government Carlo M. Cipolla (1922–2000), economic historian Francesco Corbetta (1615–1681), guitar virtuoso, teacher and composer Antonio Luigi Gaudenzio Giuseppe Cremona (7 December 1830 – 10 June 1903), mathematician. Tranquillo Cremona (1837–1878), painter Pietro Candido Decembrio (in Latin, Petrus Candidus Decembrius) (1399–1477), humanist Vincenzo degli Azani (died 16 July 1557), painter Aimone Duce (15th century), painter Lorenzo Fasolo (1463–1518), painter Frederick V of Hohenstaufen (1164 – around 1170), duke of Swabia Gaetano Fraschini (1816 – 1887), tenor Virginia Giorgi (1914 – 1991), gymnast Pope John XIV (Latin: Ioannes XIV; died 20 August 984), born Pietro Canepanova, bishop of Rome Paolo Gorini (1813 –