Stradella (Lombard: Stradéla) is a town and comune (municipality) of the Oltrepò Pavese in the Province of Pavia in the northern Italian region of Lombardy.
It is situated in the Padan Plain, about 5 km (3 mi) south of the river Po and has a population of 10,922.
Stradella, together with what is now the almost disinhabited locality of Montalino, was under the suzerainty of the bishop of Pavia in the early Middle Ages (being the most important center of the fief in the 11th century).
Montalino and Pavia were repeatedly ravaged in the course of the Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines, particularly in 1373 by John Hawkwood's troops.
[3] Mariano Dallapé [it] was the first accordion builder in Stradella, his business was continued by his sons and further descendants.