Correggio (Emilia-Romagna)
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Country | Italy | |
region | Emilia-Romagna | |
province | Reggio Emilia (RE) | |
Local name | Curèz | |
Coordinates | 44 ° 46 ' N , 10 ° 47' E | |
height | 33 m slm | |
surface | 77 km² | |
Residents | 25,291 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 328 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 42015 | |
prefix | 0522 | |
ISTAT number | 035020 | |
Popular name | Correggesi | |
Patron saint | San Quirino vescovo e martire and San Michele Arcangelo | |
Website | Correggio |
Correggio is a town with 25,291 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian province of Reggio Emilia , Emilia-Romagna region .
The city is the second most important center of the province, after the capital Reggio nell'Emilia , which is 18 kilometers south. The urban area covers 77 km².
history
Correggio was already a settlement in Roman times , later the area was inhabited by Lombards . However, the town experienced its heyday in the 15th and 16th centuries, when it was the capital of a small Signoria , under whose rule several famous Renaissance writers worked in the city, including Ludovico Ariosto and Torquato Tasso .
sons and daughters of the town
- Daniele Adani (* 1974), football player
- Charles II d'Amboise (1472 / 73–1511), military
- Bonifazio Asioli (1769–1832), music theorist, music educator, harpsichordist, conductor and composer
- Luigi Asioli (around 1767–1815), singer and composer
- Salvatore Bagni (* 1956), football player
- Francesco Balbi (1505–1589), chronicler of the siege of Malta in 1565
- Antonio da Correggio (actually Antonio Allegri ; 1489–1534), Renaissance painter
- Sigismondo Donati (1552–1641), Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
- Luciano Ligabue (* 1960), rock musician, writer, director
- Loris Malaguzzi (1920–1994), educator
- Claudio Merulo (1533–1604), composer and organist
- Dorando Pietri (1885–1942), marathon runner at the 1908 Olympic Games
- Pier Vittorio Tondelli (1955–1991), writer
See also
Web links
- Official Homepage (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.