Panaro

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Panaro
Location of the Panaro River

Location of the Panaro River

Data
location Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy)
River system Po
Drain over Po  → Adriatic
source on Monte Rondinaio
Source height 1600  m slm
muzzle in the Po coordinates: 44 ° 55 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  E 44 ° 55 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  E

length 148 km
Catchment area 2292 km²
Drain MQ
 37 m³ / s

The Panaro ( lat. Scultenna ) is the last right tributary of the Po in northern Italy. It runs in a north-easterly direction through the Emilia-Romagna region , from its source near the Apennine watershed, where Emilia-Romagna borders on Tuscany , to its mouth, where the Po forms the border of the region with Veneto .

The length of the Panaro is 148 km; the river has a catchment area of ​​2292 km². It usually has little water in summer, but it is torrential in spring and autumn. Its main source, the Rio delle Tagliole , rises at Foce a Giovo on Monte Rondinaio about 12 km southwest of the highest peak of the Etruscan Apennines , Monte Cimone ( 2165  m slm ). Then it flows down the valley towards the northeast. From Pievepelago in the province of Modena it is called Scoltenna , after which it is called Panaro from the area of Pavullo nel Frignano . In this area it represents the border between the municipalities of Montana del Frignano and Montana dell'Appennino Modena Est. In the vicinity of Modena it gets water from the Naviglio di Modena and is from there up to its confluence with the Po (a little west of Ferrara ) navigable. It flows through the cities of Vignola , Finale Emilia and Bondeno .

In ancient times the Panaro was known as Scultenna . Strabo mentions that the sheep in the area through which he flows made very fine wool. The Roman consul Gaius Claudius Pulcher struck on its banks in 177 BC. The Ligurians decisive. Furthermore, he played a role in 43 BC. BC as well as in the time of the Lombards .

Historically and artistically remarkable is the Ponte di Olina ( Olina Bridge), which was built in 1522 and bridges the river near the town of the same name in the municipality of Pavullo nel Frignano .

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Pliny the Elder , Naturalis historia 3, 118; Strabon , Geographika 5, p. 218, et al
  2. ↑ Strabon , Geographika 5, p. 218.
  3. ↑ Titus Livius , Ab urbe condita 41, 12.
  4. ^ Sextus Iulius Frontinus , Strategemata 3, 13, 7 and 3, 14, 3.
  5. ^ Paulus Diaconus , Historia Langobardorum 4, 47.