Canossa (Emilia-Romagna)

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Canossa
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Canossa (Italy)
Canossa
Country Italy
region Emilia-Romagna
province Reggio Emilia  (RE)
Local name Canòsa
Coordinates 44 ° 35 '  N , 10 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 34 '35 "  N , 10 ° 27' 23"  E
surface 53 km²
Residents 3,729 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 70 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 42026
prefix 0522
ISTAT number 035018
Popular name Canossani
Website Canossa
The mountain of Canossa with the castle

Canossa is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 3729 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Reggio Emilia in Emilia-Romagna . The municipality is located about 20 kilometers southwest of Reggio nell'Emilia on the Enza in the upper Apennines . The name of the community comes from the high castle of the same name . The main town and administrative seat is Ciano d'Enza . The municipality of Canossa borders directly on the province of Parma . Canossa belongs to the Comunità montana dell'Appennino Reggiano .

history

The former settlement of Luceria , which was of Ligurian-Etruscan origin and probably existed until the early Middle Ages, is located in the municipality .

The history of the community is still closely linked to the medieval castle complex. This was built by the son of the Longobard Siegfried (the founder of the Canossa family), Adalbert Atto, in the first half of the 10th century. Margravine Mathilde von Canossa resided here . In 1077 King Heinrich IV moved as a penitent from Speyer to Canossa, where the Pope was staying at the time (the so-called walk to Canossa ).

Personalities

The Canossa dynasty begins with the Longobard Sigifredus at the beginning of the 10th century, who originally came from Lucca .

traffic

Strada Statale 63 del Valico del Cerreto runs east of the municipality . The terminus of the Reggio Emilia-Ciano d'Enza line is in the Ciano district.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

Web links

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