Monterenzio

Monterenzio is a town with 5897 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Bologna, region Emilia -Romagna. She is one of the eight municipalities of the Comunità Montana Cinquevalli Bolognesi.

Geography

The municipality is located half way between the streams Idice and Sillaro and is the eastern part of the mountain diocese of Bologna. The eleven agricultural units that make up the region, derived from pre- Napoleonic period. About the ridge leads the state road Flaminia minore, which forms the watershed and the historical and cultural border between Emilia and Romagna. The main town located 34 km south of Bologna, on the right bank of Idice and down the valley of the district Monterenzio from which the community name came from. In the past, was the seat of the municipality in Villa di Cassano and Ca 'di Lavacchio, then in place Fiumetto from 1880 and finally from 1934 to the present situation.

History

It is believed that the church today Monterenzio with the Monte Russi, the. Within a placitum of Otto III Was mentioned 998 matches. Determines is definitely the mention of a castrum ... qui dicitur Renzuli ( fortress that was called Renzuli ), which is mentioned in a transaction from the year 1034. The first settlements date from the Villanovan period, such finds at Pizzano testify.

There is a remarkable from the 4th century BC native Etruscan- Celtic settlement, which was about 15 years ago, found at Pianella di Monte Savino, still an excavation site. Here, a large basin was exposed to water collection ( cistern ), certainly for a public use. The largest area of ​​expansion of the settlement should be due to the 3rd century BC, while urban sprawl is to prove due to the Romanization of the area later.

A wide necropolis was found on the mountain top of Monte Tamburino. As far as the medieval settlements, are these. Mainly in the areas around Cassano and Bisano, which are characterized by sandy areas with higher stability and better characteristics of the rock This fold southward slopes and form a majority foliated argillaceous rock walls. The community is very remarkable also from landscape view.

From from Dragone, in the parish of Sassuno that fully describes the historian Calindri, you can enjoy a beautiful view. By the main road to get to the mountain, where in ancient times the Rocca di Malaspina ( Malaspina Castle ) loomed high, which is mentioned in documents from 1288 as the seat of a Podesta and an annual market. On the ridge itself, however, is the main town of the municipality, Monterenzio where the Torre (tower) is located, which has been now converted by Calindri as a remnant of an ancient tower with a width of 20 Bolognese square feet and a wide formwork to a farm.

The characteristics of the building makes it a Casa Torre similar to the remarkable architecture and has structural features. On the facade are three mutually established portals to see, one for each floor. Remarkable are also hollow, narrow windows that are characterized by a cone-shaped seam.

Inside the building the base yoke captures the main beams, a typical styling feature of the architecture of the period. In the village the church of S. Andrea di Scaruglio Scoveto that was mentioned in the documents on harvest tax year 1300 was. It is believed that this market of Monterenzio on St.Andrea - day took place, as prescribed by the statutes of Bologna from 1288.

Near the parish church, on the hill, which was called Catellaccio, towered a castle, which was already mentioned in 1297, when the then management of Bologna attached it. The village has several notable buildings from the 14th or 15th century.

Management

• Mayor: Giuseppe Venturi, since June 2004.
• Town Hall: Central Number 051 92.90.02
• Climatic classification: zona E, 2490 GR / G