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The territory around Modena (Latin: Mutina, Etruscan: Mutna) was inhabited by the Villanovans in the Iron Age, and later by Ligurian tribes, Etruscans, and the Gaulish Boii (the settlement itself being Etruscan). Although the exact date of its foundation is unknown, it is known that it was already in existence in the 3rd century BC, for in 218 ...
827. State Party. Italy. Region. Europe and North America. Modena Cathedral (Italian: Cattedrale Metropolitana di Santa Maria Assunta e San Geminiano but colloquially known as simply Duomo di Modena) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Modena, Italy, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Saint Geminianus.
Torre della Ghirlandina. The Torre della Ghirlandina or simply Ghirlandina is the bell tower of the Cathedral of Modena, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Standing at 86.12 metres, the tower is the traditional symbol of Modena, being visible from all directions outside the city. The structure was set up in 1179 on five floors, initially called Torre di ...
Ferrara is known as the oldest Italian city with a population over 100,000, as well the city with lowest birth rate. As of 2006 [update] , 95.59% of the population was Italian . The largest immigrant group was other European nations with Ukraine and Albania : 2.59% followed by North Africa: 0.51%, and East Asia : 0.39%.
The province of Modena (Italian: provincia di Modena) is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Modena. It has an area of 2,689 square kilometres (1,038 sq mi) and a total population of about 701,000 (2015). There are 48 comuni (sg.: comune) in the province [ 2 ] (see list of comuni of the province of Modena).
A province in Spain [note 1] is a territorial division defined as a collection of municipalities. [1] [2] [3] The current provinces of Spain correspond by and large to the provinces created under the purview of the 1833 territorial re-organization of Spain, with a similar predecessor from 1822 (during the Trienio Liberal) and an earlier precedent in the 1810 Napoleonic division of Spain into ...
Parque Cruz Conde, located southwest of the city, is an open park and barrier-free park in English gardens style. [123] Paseo de Córdoba. Located on the underground train tracks, it is a long tour of several km in length with more than 434,000 m 2. The tour has numerous fountains, including six formed by a portico of falling water which form a ...
Monza (UK: / ˈ m ɒ n z ə /, [3] US: / ˈ m ɒ n z ə, ˈ m oʊ n z ə, ˈ m oʊ n t s ɑː /; [4] [5] Italian: ⓘ; Lombard: Monça, locally Monscia; Latin: Modoetia) is a city and comune (municipality) on the River Lambro, a tributary of the River Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy, about 15 kilometres (9 miles) north-northeast of Milan.