Savigno

Savigno is a town with 2712 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Bologna.

Municipality

His eponymous capital includes a wide thriving area which covers the whole upper valley of the brook Samoggia. The municipality Savigno draws the water from divorce with the Reno Valley, consists of mountains and valleys, where the cultivation alternates mainly from cattle feed with forests and ravines. The area is still rich by loggers, horse breeders and truffle growers tradition marked encountered. Especially the truffle is the product, identifies the village mostly: Bianco dei Colli Bolognesi pregiato, which is very common on land, Savigno had the honorary title of Città del tartufo earn, which is now recognized worldwide. Furthermore, there are interesting parishes to find performances of speakers and old mills.

Attractions

Particularly significant are the Oratorio di S.Matteo ( House of Prayer of Saint Matthew ) on the main square of the capital; the Pieve di San Giorgio ( parish of San Giorgio) in the village of Samoggia, which was built in 1015, where one of the most beautiful altars shall be kept by the 17th and 18th century in the Apennines; the medieval Chiesa di S. Maria Assunta Parrocchiale from Merlano, renovated in the 18th century and 1870 built practically again. Inside, you can see fine Tonbüsten from the 17th century and a remarkable organ case from the 17th century. Also interesting is the village in the valley of the brook Vedegheto Venola (tributary of the Reno ), rich in towers and old houses and where an old water mill is still in operation. Precisely because of the nature of its territory, which is incised by many significant hydropower -attaching water currents Savigno lists several water mills, which can be visited in a route from Mulino del Notaro about the Molino del Dottore and the Molino del Cozzo to Segaticcio. In Poggio and Casa Ropa two tower houses are noteworthy, one from the 15th century, the other from the 12th century.