ROMAGNA’S VILLAGES PROVINCE OF FORLÌ CESENA The remains of the fortress of the Counts Guidi called terizes the town still today. It is not by chance that the Mansions and Museums. “la Roccaccia”, whose original building dates back to Capuchin convent houses the prestigious Accademia Palazzo Pretorio, located in the homonymous medieval the 12th-13th century, towers over this town (185 m degli Incamminati. In 1923 the town was finally inclu- square which was the centre of the old town, was first the a.s.l., pop. 4,749) and its wide basin in the mid-valley of ded in the province of Forlì-Cesena. residence of the Counts Guidi and then, after 1377, the Tramazzo where three streams meet to form the seat of the podestà sent by Florence. Today it houses on the Marzeno river. Sceneries. upper floors the “Silvestro Lega” Town’s Picture Gallery The old town centre is very nice and interesting and containing works by Silvestro Lega, donations and a sec- History. features meadows and a stream running between old tion with works by various artists. The Don Giovanni Until 1377 when it passed under the domain of restored houses. Verità Civic Museum located in the house where once the Florence, Modigliana was the main residence of the To reach the town centre, you need to pass through the homonymous ‘Carbonaro’ priest and patriot (1807-85) powerful Counts Guidi, who dominated for a long time so-called ‘Tribuna’ (16th cent.), a strange building made lived is, on the other hand, dedicated to the Risorgimento. on part of the Tuscan-Romagnolo Apennines. Under up of a round keep, two bell towers and a small temple In addition to nineteenth-century relics and other intere- the rule of the captaincy of Castrocaro until 1510, in with a statue of the Madonna with Child. sting pieces, it also contains an archaeological section and 1837 it passed under the jurisdiction of the commissa- The Duomo (piazza C. Battisti) houses the valuable pain- a room dedicated to the Resistance. riat of Rocca, obtaining from the grand duke of ting ‘Annunciation’ (oil on wood panel dated 1533, by Tuscany Leopold II the title of “Noble town” as com- Francesco delle Querce), while the small sanctuary of the Surrounding area. pensation. In the middle of the 19th century the Madonna del Cantone contains the copies of four lunettes On the outskirts of the town along the road leading to Church chose it as Bishop’s residence, thus contributing by Silvestro Lega (Famine, War, Plague, and Earthquake) Faenza, there is the ‘ponte della Signora’ or ‘ponte di S. to the promotion of the cultural liveliness that charac- whose originals are to find at the Bishop’ s palace. Donato’ bridge, a beautiful eighteenth-century humpback bridge with three arches, which is very high in the centre. B V r ia i s D i g e adese h l Via Marr la V e ia l C G l . V a o alg s P im t i D . ig a ett L li vol e T ia a o Via D r G g g l Via a o ia P s P ie t fa S tr A p t al . o z i M e A e . l la z p t i r o a g a i U ia i d V o l e i Via P. Nenni i Via Filipp o Ron coni PONTE SAN DONATO rnelli Via Ca iliana Via G. Pasc Via Em oli enza Via A. M Fa V anzoni allicci ia E. ia A. 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Vi iol S a Borgo V P ri a mbarina s a Colo s b Via o r TRIBUNA d o e C l la a R i o V c c a ia cc ca oc R la ia e IAZZA RETORIO V P P Ib ROCCACCIA ia V FAMOUS PEOPLE: TYPICAL PRODUCTS: USEFUL NUMBERS: Don Giovanni Verità (1807 - 1885) priest and patriot * Cappelletti, passatelli, tortelli and tagliatelle MUNICIPALITY OF MODIGLIANA tel. +39 0546 949540 Silvestro Lega (1826 - 1895) impressionist painter * Raw olive oil www.comune.modigliana.fc.it Pia Tassinari (1903 - 1995) opera singer * Casatella cheese, Raviggiolo cheese, Ewe’s cheese DON GIOVANNI VERITÀ LIBRARY * Romagnola Beef Cattle tel. +39 0546 941019 * Rocca dei Guidi chocolate cake * Sangiovese wine Ospitalità nei Borghi Con il finanziamento del Coordinamento progetto per l'Emilia-Romagna Con la collaborazione di Comunità Montana dell’Appennino Forlivese progetto interregionale Comunità Montana dell’Appennino Cesenate di sviluppo turistico (Legge 135/01) Comunità Montana dell’Acquacheta Comunità Montana dell’Appennino Faentino Assessorato Turismo. Commercio L’Altra Romagna srl Al progetto compartecipano le Regioni Emilia-Romagna, tel. 051 283491 - www.emiliaromagnaturismo.it www.turismo.fc.it Provincia di Ravenna Strada dei Vini e dei Sapori dei Colli di Forlì-Cesena Campania, Basilicata, Molise, Toscana, Liguria, Friuli Venezia Giulia. [email protected] Assessorato al Turismo Rotary Club Forlì Tre Valli, Faenza, www.racine.ra.it/ravennaintorno Valle del Rubicone, Valle del Savio Fortress of the Counts Guidi called “Roccaccia” The original building dates back to the 12th-13th century, when Modigliana was dominated by the Counts Guidi. It was probably built on a pre-existing late medieval building, of which only a few elements still remain that do not allow us to guess its aspect and size. It is an imposing structure, whose eastern side, which can be seen from the road lea- ding to Dovadola that crosses Mount Trebbio, is still well preserved. From that side, you can see a more ancient looking parallelepiped-shaped structure, which has been incorporated into the Fortress whose wall made of river stones is probably the original centre of the Fortress. It was probably a quadrangular tower from which the more ancient and internal walls made of river stones started and continued up to include below piazza Pretorio. The beautiful round tower towering over the other parts of the walls and the smaller towers are built with ”a sacco” walls, a structural building method that continued to be used until the beginning of the 16th century. Today’s access road to the Fortress was built in 1912 to replace the older one that passed just below halfway between the Fortress and the Ibola torrent and that is no longer visible as it was destroyed by river erosion and landslides. The western side of the Fortress is a very large and fascinating ‘cross-section’, sho- wing the inside of the imposing tower formed by four domed rooms placed on top of each other. The lower room is still intact but cannot be seen as it lies under- ground. The peculiar masonry technique, which was mainly used in the 15-16th century, allows us to guess the period when the Fortress was built.