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A few km north-east
from Modena You find the charming municipality of Nonantola,
famous for its ancient battles against this main town, that
Nonantola undertook with the help of the more distant Bologna.
The bishop of Modena wanted so much to conquer it he ordered
to destroy it completely in 1143. In fact Nonantola was a very
important centre, for culture and spirituality, because of its
abbey, founded in 753, and repeatedly rebuilt over and over,
till our times, following the original romanesque shape. This
is one of the most famous romanesque abbeys and one of the main
cultural attractions of northern Italy: it witnesses the powerful
activity of a spiritual and economic community, that lost its
importance from the XV century. After the abbey You can pay
a visit to the interesting parish of S. Michele Arcangelo and
to the medieval defensive towers built from Modena and Bologna
around the XIII and XIV centuries.
Municipality of Nonantola
Via Marconi, 11 - 41015 Nonantola (Mo)
Tel. +39 059 896511 - fax +39 059 896590
Information
e-mail: info@comune.nonantola.mo.it
web: www.comune.nonantola.mo.it
Tourist information
IAT Nonantola, Piazza Abbazia, 6 41015 Nonantola (Mo),
Tel. +39 059 896556 |
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