Denzano and Villabianca
On the hills which surround Marano sul Panaro, there are two settlements completely surrounded by nature.DenzanoOnly 7 km from the village, on a broom...
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The Ancient Village of Castelvetro di Modena
Piazza Roma, called ‘della Dama’ for its characteristic black and white slabs, is considered to be the true heart of the village. All the buildings l...
The medieval town of Savignano sul Panaro
The medieval town of Savignano is of great historical and architectural interest. Thanks to a conservation project in the 1980s and 90s, today it is o...
Rocca Rangoni
Rocca Rangoni connects an illustrious history with cultural tradition of ancient flavours. Having belonged to the Rangoni Marquises for over 650 years...
Montalbano
Montalbano has always been a “sloping land” village, perhaps because the houses of the ancient village practically climb vertically along the souther...
Sassi di Roccamalatina Regional Park
The Parco dei Sassi di Roccamalatina covers 2,300 hectares of protected land situated on the beautiful Modenese hills. It is characterised by sandston...
Vignola Fortress
For the people of Vignola, the Fortress is perhaps the most cherished building in Vignola and the most important symbol of regional and cultural ident...
18/05/2019
BORLENGO FESTIVAL
Since 1967, the Festival of borlengo, a traditional and extraordinary local thin flatbread, whose distribution involves a very small area, has been ce...
The ancient Palazzo Rangoni "del Bargello" and Portico del Pavaglione
Palazzo Rangoni, also known as, “del Bargello”, was a luxurious medieval residence of the feudal lords of Spilamberto. The building was surrounded by ...
Antiquarium, archaeological museum of Spilamberto
The intense erosive phase that has characterised the Panaro river in the last decades has actually revealed important prehistoric sites and traces of ...
Campiglio village
The hill on which Borgo di Campiglio is perched has been an area of human settlement since Neolithic times. From its straight ridge, you can enjoy a s...
Birthplace of Giuseppe Graziosi
The house where Giuseppe Graziosi was born is situated a few kilometres from the centre of Savignano, near the site of the mill, in the hilly area clo...
Birthplace and Salotto of Ludovico Antonio Muratori
The house in which Ludovico Antonio Muratori was born 21st October 1672, is located in the historic centre of Vignola on Via Selmi 2. Of modest appear...
Guiglia Castle
The ancient castle of Guiglia, like in every ancient settlement, has seen bloody battles between warring factions, fires, earthquakes and has been rul...
The Castle of Levizzano Rangone
The Castle of Levizzano is located in a dominant position on the wonderful hills of the homonymous village in the municipality of Castelvetro. Its str...
Castle of Montetortore
The Castle of Montetortore was mentioned for the first time in 1179 in a land donation. The etymology of the name is uncertain: the most likely versio...
The cell of Messer Filippo
In the tower of Spilamberto, during the repair work of 1947 carried out after the damage caused by the bombardments, a secret cell was discovered. The...
Cerpignano
The village of Cerpignano is located at the foot of the same-named mountain, in the middle of the woods that separate Zocca from Zocchetta. It is char...
23/03/2019
Festa dei Ciliegi in Fiore
In programma ad aprile, la Festa dei Ciliegi in Fiore è dedicata alla spettacolare fioritura di queste piante lungo la valle del Panaro.
Festà and Casona
Festà and Casona are only a few kilometres from each other and are two of the many historical settlements that are surrounded by nature in the area o...
Fontanini di Sotto
Fontanini di Sotto is an isolated rural complex in the woods between Montecorone and Montombraro. It is gathered around a fifteenth-sixteenth century ...
Galvani Gardens
The hanging garden of the Galvani house is located on Via Soli on the walls encircled the old castle of Vignola on the northern side.Its construction ...
Campo San Rocco, former Napoleonic Cemetery
Campo San Rocco is the former Napoleonic cemetery located closely to the Castle of Levizzano Rangone and its Matildic Tower. Its construction dates to...
Castellaro
An ancient location of one of the four fortresses that the Malatigni built around the Sassi between the 13th and 14th centuries, Castellaro is a small...
Castellino delle Formiche and Mulino delle Vallecchie
In the locality of Castellino di Guiglia, we find Castellino delle Formiche (in English, “Castle of the Ants”). In all likelihood, the name originate...
The Electricity Museum at Montecuccoli Mill
Museo delle Energie is located at the former Montecuccoli mill which was subsequently turned into an ENEL control unit. The exhibition area is dedicat...
Palazzo del Governatore
Palazzo del Governatore or Palazzo di Guido II Rangoni is also called, Comuna Vecchia. Built with public money in 1525 by Guido Rangoni who was electe...
The Pozzo Ritrovato
The Pozzo Ritrovato of Castelnuovo Rangone has its roots in an ancient legend. It is said that there once was a well in the centre of the village, but...
The fortified tower of Spilamberto
Built close to the town walls in the 14th Century by the Comune of Modena, this medieval structure stands at the entrance of the town and was original...
The Spinning Mill (Filanda)
The current public library of Spilamberto was, for a long time, the site of the spinning mill for the processing of silkworms. The marchioness, Bianca...
Le Meridiane di Monteombraro
In the Casa Ronchi area of Monteombraro there are two Sundials recorded in the international sundial catalogue “Catalogo Internazionale Meridiane” wi...
Monte Orsello, Bottazza and Mulino d'Andrea
The village of Monte Orsello Monte Orsello is an ancient village situated on a hilltop which overlooks highway 623 between Guiglia and Roccamalatina....
Monte Questiolo
Monte Questiolo was an important fortress of the Montecuccoli family, then passed onto the Rangoni Machiavelli, located on the Mount that dominates th...
Montecorone
Montecorone is an ancient village, whose fortified castle has been mentioned since 1279. In 1408 it was one of the castles donated by Marquis Niccolò ...
Ospitaletto
Ospitaletto is a locality close to Rodiano which owes its name to the former Hospitale di Garamola. The building is also remembered as Garamollo, or G...
Palazzo Contrari Boncompagni – The Spiral Staircase
Palazzo Contrari-Boncompagni stands opposite Rocca di Vignola. The Palazzo was erected at the behest of Count Ercole il Vecchio Contrari as a new stat...
Words along the road: poetic showcases
Since June 1998, twenty-two glass showcases containing only words have been permanently installed around the town: poems, passages from novels, songs,...
Piazza dei Contrari
Piazza dei Contrari is located at the centre of the oldest part of Vignola known as, “Castelvecchio” and is surrounded by the Rocca (Fortress), Palazz...
Piazza Matteotti
Matteotti Piazza lies at the heart of the historic village of Marano sul Panaro. The village is bordered by buildings which look onto the piazza, one ...
Pieve di Trebbio
In order to reach Pieve di Trebbio, it is necessary climb to 463 metres above sea level. We are situated in the heart of Regional Park of Sassi di Roc...
Rosola, the Rangoni Tower and the Church of Leonardo
Rosola is a very well-preserved village that is gathered around the Torre Rangoni Machiavelli. Called Muzzano in ancient times, Rosola passed from the...
San Giacomo
San Giacomo is a fifteenth-century agglomeration located in the hamlet of Montetortore. Recently renovated, it is near the beautiful Forest of Monte S...
Siano
Siano is a small residential hamlet situated in the village of Castellino. The locality, also called Castello Rustico to differentiate it from Castell...
Villa Comunale Fabriani
This elegant building, with a frescoed interior (early years of the 20th Century) takes its name from its original owners, the Fabriani, an old and no...
Villa Montecuccoli
In the immediate vicinity of the centre of Marano sul Panaro, you will find Villa Montecuccoli, known as il “Colombarone”, (the “dovecote”) country re...
Zocchetta Vecchia
Zocchetta Vecchia is a small sixteenth-century courtyard village, located in the hamlet of Zocchetta. There are several well-preserved exposed stone b...