Borgo Val di Taro
Borgo Val di Taro is a town ( comune ) with 7218 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Parma, in Emilia -Romagna. The community is located about 57 kilometers southwest of Parma and directly borders the province of Massa- Carrara. In the town of Taro stems.
History
Even in ancient times won the area of settlement importance as the Ligurians.
Economy
In the village there is one of the important centers of cattle. Furthermore, porcini mushrooms are grown (especially Boletus edulis, Boletus pinophilus, Boletus aestivalis and Boletus aereus ) here under the protected designation of origin Fungo di Borgotaro.
Traffic
East of the township the Autostrada A15 leads from Parma to La Spezia. Directly by the municipality to Liguria extends the earlier Strada Statale 523 del Colle di Cento Croci, which was downgraded to provincial road. Borgo Val di Taro has a station on the railway line from Parma to La Spezia.
Personalities
- Eugenio Bersellini (* 1936 in Borgo Val di Taro ), football player and coach
- Tony Murena ( born 1915 in Borgo Val di Taro ), accordion player
- Niccolò da Tolentino (* 1355, † 1435 in Borgo Val di Taro ), Condottiere
Community partnerships
Borgo Val di Taro has partnerships with the French commune Charenton- le -Pont in the department of Val -de- Marne and with the Spanish community of Vila de Cruces in the province of Pontevedra, as well as an intra- Italian partnership with the municipality of Aprica in the province of Sondrio.
Sports
Borgo Val doi Taro was previously twice (1987, 1993) stop on the Giro d' Italia.