Felonica

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Felonica
Argine Felonica Po (5171233256) .jpg
Parish church of Santa Maria Assunta on the Po dam in Felonica
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Mantua  (MN)
local community Sermide e Felonica
Coordinates 44 ° 59 '  N , 11 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 58 '51 "  N , 11 ° 21' 17"  E
height 11  m slm
surface 22.5 km²
Residents 1,359 (Dec. 31, 2015)
Population density 60 inhabitants / km²
Telephone code 0386 CAP 46022

Felonica is a fraction of the Italian municipality ( comune ) Sermide e Felonica in the province of Mantua ( Lombardy region ).

geography

The place is located about 50 kilometers east-southeast of Mantua on the orographic right bank of the Po and borders on the provinces of Ferrara ( Emilia-Romagna ) and Rovigo ( Veneto ).

history

The history of the place is closely linked to the Benedictine Abbey of S. Maria Assunta, first mentioned in a document in 944. The founding of the abbey was attributed to Mathilde von Canossa in the past , but it happened earlier. Under Mathilde von Canossa the importance of the abbey increased significantly. The abbey began to decline slowly in the 14th century, and in the 18th century it was finally closed and turned into a farm. Only the monastery church continued to serve as the local parish church. During the Second World War, the abbey buildings that still exist were destroyed in air raids in 1944. In the final phase of the Second World War, parts of Army Group C of the German Wehrmacht, which had been defeated near Bologna during the Allied spring offensive in 1945, crossed the Po at Felonica .

Felonica was an independent municipality until February 2017 and merged with the municipality of Sermide on March 1, 2017 to form the new municipality of Sermide e Felonica. The district of Quatrelle still belonged to the municipality of Felonica.

Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta (11th century)

Attractions

  • Romanesque - Gothic parish church of S. Maria Assunta from the 11th century. When earthquake in 2012 damaged and restored in the sequence.
  • War Museum ( Italian Museo della Seconda guerra mondiale sul Po ), which deals with the events in Felonica and the surrounding area during the Second World War.
  • Waldensian Church from 1905.

traffic

Felonica is on the Suzzara – Ferrara railway line .

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ La Storia di Felonica. In: comune.felonica.mn.it. Retrieved January 20, 2020 (Italian).
  2. ↑ Storia dell 'Abbazia di Santa Maria Assunta di Felonica. In: larivieradelpo.it. Retrieved January 20, 2020 (Italian).
  3. ↑ Il Comune di Sermide e Felonica (MN). In: tuttitalia.it. Retrieved January 20, 2020 (Italian).
  4. ↑ Museo della Seconda guerra mondiale sul Po. In: museofelonica.it. Retrieved January 20, 2020 (Italian).