Carpi, Emilia-Romagna

Carpi is a town with 67 408 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the Italian province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region.

Carpi is located 20 km north of the city of Modena, is connected to the Carpi by a railway line and through the State Road 413, north continue both to Mantua. Carpi, together with Soliera, Novi di Modena and Campogalliano the administrative community Unione delle Terre d' Argine.

History

In Carpi was a settlement already in the prehistoric Villanovan culture. In the High Middle Ages, the town was fortified as Castrum Carpi. Carpi initially was under the margraviate of Tuscany and of the rule of the city of Modena, which was ruled by the Este family since 1288. In 1336 Manfredo built from the family of Pio, who served since 1329 as imperial vicar in Modena, Carpi own rule. On Manfredo followed in 1348 in Carpi Galasso, on these 1367 Gilberto, the 1389 Marco followed. The reigning since 1418 Alberto, called the old man, received the privilege to call themselves "from Savoy "; Since then, the family was known as the Pio di Savoia. Alberto Lionello successor (1463-1480) and Alberto III. (1480-1530) had to deal with the claim to power of the Este of Modena, bore the title of duke since 1452 and 1525, finally gained control of Carpi, after Emperor Charles V, the Pio di Savoia sales.

The old town has many buildings from the Renaissance period have been preserved. At the forefront of the Palazzo dei Pio, also called Castello. It is located on the eastern side of the Piazza and the Martyrs, the elongated market square. The palace combines medieval construction stages as the massive Torre Buonaccolsi with Renaissance additions such as the cylindrical Torre dell'Uccelliera and the dungeon of Galassio Pio and the added in the 17th century clock tower. The chapel of the palace was provided by Bernardino Loschi and Vincenzo Catena with frescoes. In Carpi had, inter alia, Baldassare Peruzzi and Ugo da Carpi. Located on the north side of the Piazza and the Martyrs of the cathedral, begun in 1514 of the city, Santa Maria Assunta, with a Baroque façade and an octagonal tower over the nave.

The Este remained until the Napoleonic occupation of the country gentlemen of the city. After 1815 Carpi was under the Habsburg line Austria -Este to the Italian unification in 1860 In the 19th century Carpi received a rail connection.; east of the city along the railway line settled in the wake of industrial enterprises. 1943 built the fascists, 2 km north of the center lying district Fossoli the transit camp Fossoli one in which approximately 100 Jews were interned. Here now a memorial is housed. For their resistance, the city received the Medal of Honor in Silver.

In 1861 the city had 16,696 inhabitants Carpi, at the beginning of the 20th century. there were just over 20,000 in the early 1950s 40,000.

After the Second World War new townhouse apartments were constructed in the north-east quarter Cibeno, while to the west along the Brenner motorway A 22 was a commercial district.

In the 2012 earthquake collapsed in Carpi and Cavezzo a number of buildings.

Culture and sights

  • The city regularly awards art prize.
  • Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta:
  • Palazzo dei Pio: Town Hall, with parts from different Jhdten, Renaissance façade

Regular events

  • Festival of Philosophy: In Carpi takes place every year the festival of philosophy. It is one of the most important international meeting philosophy to various philosophical topics.
  • Maratona d' Italia: Since 1988, every year in October, the Maratona d' Italia takes place.

Sports

  • The local football club Carpi FC plays in the 2013/14 season for the first time in the series B.
  • Carpi was twice destination of a stage of the Giro d' Italia: 12th stage of the Giro d' Italia 1998, May 28: The winner was Frenchman Laurent Roux.
  • 12th stage of the Giro d' Italia 2008, May 22: It won the Italian Daniele Bennati.

Policy

With election date of 14 June 2004, Enrico Campedelli Mayor of Carpi, on 7 June 2009 he was re-elected. He belongs to the center-left alliance.

Twinning

  • Wernigerode in the Harz Mountains in Germany, since 1964, renewed in 1991

Traffic

Public transportation:

The train route Verona - Mantua - Modena performs Carpi. Until 1955 there was also a connection to Reggio Emilia.

Street:

Carpi is located on the A22 (Verona - Modena) and close to the A1.

Aviation:

The airport serves the general aviation Carpi. The nearest commercial airports are in Verona and Bologna.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Jacopo Berengario da Carpi ( 1470 - 1530 ), anatomist
  • Ugo da Carpi ( 1480-1520/32 ), wood cutter
  • Rodolfo Pio (1500-1564), Cardinal
  • Bernardino Ramazzini (1633-1714), physician
  • Ciro Menotti (1789-1831), freedom fighter
  • Manfredo Fanti (1808-1865), General
  • Carlo Rustichelli (1916-2004), Film Composer
  • Liliana Cavani ( born 1933), film director
  • Alida Chelli (1943-2012), actress and singer
  • Salvatore Lanna (born 1976 ), football player and coach
  • Fabio Gilioli (* 1979), road racing cyclist
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