Vignola
Vignola ( German outdated rolling Castle ) is a town with 24,399 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012) in the province of Modena. Here the Unione Terre di Castelli ( unification of the countries of the castles ) has its headquarters yet partly strongly dominated by agriculture, the economy Vignola is bound to the orchard (cherries, plums ... ) and their marketing and processing. Bloom is also the machine industry and the service sector. Also, the primary sector has a high economy, the country widely known is the cherry from Vignola as " Mora di Vignola " ( Dark Red by Vignola ) is known. On the occasion of the flowering period ( March-April ) of each year, the festival dedicated to her is aligned: through the city, going about with flowers decorated carriage, from which thrown at the audience flowers and candy. After a few weeks, after the week of flowering (May - June), the exhibition " tempo di Vignola ciliegie " ( Vignola, the time of cherries ), the true and serious celebration of the typical fruit of Vignola begins. In addition, Vignola is the birthplace of many important historical figures, such as Lodovico Antonio Muratori, Jacopo Barozzi as Il Vignola known Francesco Selmi, Agostino Paradisi and Alessandro Plessis, just to name a few.
Worth seeing
- Museo Civico di Vignola ( Municipal Museum )
- Rocca di Vignola ( The Castle )
- Palazzo dei Contrari (Palace of the " enemy " )
- Palazzo Boncompagni (or Palazzo Barozzi )
- Torre Galvani e giardino pensile ( tower Galvani and hanging garden )
Twin Cities
- Barbezieux -Saint -Hilaire, France, since 1982
- Witzenhausen, Germany Germany, since 1995
- Angol, Chile Chile, since 1998
Sons and daughters of the town
- Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, architect of Mannerism
- Laura Garavini, politician
- Ludovico Antonio Muratori, historian, librarian and theologian
- Agostino Paradisi
- Alessandro Plessis
- Francesco Selmi
- Gianni Zanasi, screenwriter and film director