Carpi (Province of Modena)

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Carpi
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Carpi (Italy)
Carpi
Country Italy
region Emilia-Romagna
province Modena  (MO)
Local name Chèrp
Coordinates 44 ° 47 '  N , 10 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 47 '0 "  N , 10 ° 53' 6"  E
height 26  m slm
surface 131.56 km²
Residents 72,627 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 552 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 41012
prefix 059
ISTAT number 036005
Popular name Carpigiani
Patron saint San Bernardino da Siena (May 20th)
Website http://www.carpidiem.it

Carpi is a town with 72,627 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region .

geography

Carpi is located around 20 km north of the provincial and regional capital Modena , with which Carpi is connected by a railway line and the state road 413, both of which continue northwards to Mantua . Carpi forms together with Soliera , Novi di Modena and Campogalliano the administrative community Unione delle Terre d'Argine .

The districts include Budrione , Cortile , Fossoli , Gargallo , Migliarina , Santa Croce , San Marino , San Martino and Secchia .

The neighboring municipalities are Campogalliano , Cavezzo , Correggio ( RE ), Fabbrico (RE), Modena , Novi di Modena , Rio Saliceto (RE), Rolo (RE), San Prospero and Soliera .

history

Palazzo dei Pio

In Carpi there was already a settlement in the prehistoric Villanova culture . In the High Middle Ages the place was fortified as Castrum Carpi . Carpi was first under the Margraviate of Tuszien and then under the rule of the city of Modena, which was ruled by the Este family from 1288 . In 1336, Manfredo from the Pio family, who had been imperial vicar in Modena since 1329, established his own rule in Carpi. Manfredo was followed by Galasso in Carpi in 1348, Gilberto in 1367, followed by Marco in 1389. Alberto, known as the old man, who had been in office since 1418, was given the privilege of calling himself “of Savoy”; since then the family has been called Pio di Savoia. Alberto's successor Lionello (1463-1480) and Alberto III. (1480–1530) had to grapple with the claim to rule of the Estonians from Modena, who had had the title of duke since 1452 and who finally gained control of Carpi in 1525 after Emperor Charles V had expelled the Pio di Savoia.

Numerous buildings from the Renaissance period have been preserved in the old town. In the foreground is the Palazzo dei Pio, also known as the Castello. It is located on the east side of the Piazza dei Martiri, the elongated market square of the city. The palace combines medieval construction phases such as the massive Torre Buonaccolsi with Renaissance extensions such as the cylindrical Torre dell'Uccelliera and the dungeon of Galassio Pio and the clock tower added in the 17th century. The chapel of the palace was frescoed by Bernardino Loschi and Vincenzo Catena. In Carpi worked u. a. Baldassare Peruzzi and Ugo da Carpi . On the north side of the Piazza dei Martiri is the city's cathedral, Santa Maria Assunta, begun in 1514, with a baroque facade and an octagonal tower above the main nave.

The Estonians remained rulers of the city until the Napoleonic occupation. After 1815 Carpi was under the Habsburg line Austria-Este until the Italian unification in 1860. In the 19th century Carpi received a railway connection; As a result, industrial companies settled in the east of the city along the railway line. In 1922, the local synagogue closed after most of the members of the Jewish community moved to other cities. In 1943 the fascists set up the Fossoli transit camp in the village of Fossoli, 2 km north of the old town, where Jews and victims of political persecution were interned. A memorial is housed here today. The city received the silver medal for bravery for its resistance .

Population development

In 1861 the city of Carpi had 16,696 inhabitants, at the beginning of the 20th century there were just over 20,000, and in the early 1950s 40,000.

After the Second World War, new terraced apartments were built in the north-east in the Cibeno district, while an industrial district was built in the west along the A22 Brenner motorway .

earthquake

Several buildings collapsed in Carpi and Cavezzo during the 2012 earthquake .

Culture and sights

Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta
The Church of San Bernardino da Siena (patron saint of the city)
  • The city regularly awards an art prize.
  • Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta , actually Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, construction started in 1514, which was created by Baldassare Peruzzi . After a construction freeze from 1525 to 1606, the building was completed in the 18th century with the baroque facade by Carlo Lugli.
  • Palazzo dei Pio , also called Castello : Town Hall, with parts from different centuries, Renaissance facade.
  • Santa Maria in Castello , also called La Sagra , Pieve from the 8th century, which was first documented in the 9th century. Was changed in the 12th century and was replaced by Pope Lucius III. Re-consecrated in 1184. Further changes took place in the 16th century by Baldassare Peruzzi.
  • San Bernardino da Siena , church that was built in 1605 and is dedicated to the patron saint of the city. To the left of the facade is the Capuchin monastery .

Regular events

  • Festival of Philosophy : The Festival of Philosophy takes place every year in Carpi. It is one of the most important international philosophy meetings on various philosophical topics.
  • Maratona d'Italia : The Maratona d'Italia has been held every October since 1988.

Sports

politics

Enrico Campedelli was mayor of Carpi on June 14, 2004 and was re-elected on June 7, 2009. He belongs to the Central Left Alliance.

Town twinning

traffic

Public transport:

The Verona – Mantua – Modena railway runs through Carpi. Until 1955 there was also a connection to Reggio nell'Emilia .

Street:

Carpi is on the A 22 ( Autostrada del Brennero ), which leads from the Brenner Pass to Modena and joins the A 1 ( Autostrada del Sole ) there.

Air traffic:

The Carpi airfield is used for general aviation. The nearest commercial airports are in Verona and Bologna .

sons and daughters of the town

literature

Web links

Commons : Carpi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ^ Statute of the municipality of Carpi on the website of the Ministry of the Interior (pdf), accessed on October 22, 2016 (Italian)
  3. ↑ Vincenza Maugeri: I luoghi ei materiali ebraici in Emilia-Romagna . In: Franco Bonilauri, V. Maugeri, Stefania Sabbatini (eds.): Musei ebraici in Europe - Orientamenti e prospettive . Electa, Milano 1998, ISBN 88-435-6625-3 , p. 61 .
  4. ↑ Number of deaths after earthquake in Italy continues to rise - NZZ of May 29, 2012