Carpi, Emilia-Romagna
Carpi | |
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Città di Carpi | |
UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Postal code | 41012 |
Dialing code | 059 |
Patron saint | San Bernardino da Siena |
Saint day | 20 May |
Website | Official website |
Carpi (Italian:
History
The name Carpi is derived from
The foundation by the
The city received a Silver Medal for Military Valour in recognition of its participation in the resistance against the German occupation during World War II.
The town has one of the largest squares in all Italy (3rd place), the heart of the city, Piazza dei Martiri. It is surrounded by the castle, the cathedral, the town hall, and a portico with 52 arches. Usually every Thursday and Saturday the square hosts the local market.
Carpi used to be the finishing point of the annual Italian Marathon, which begins in nearby Maranello. Almost 1000 athletes enter the senior men's and women's race which has been held every year since 1988 in honor of Dorando Pietri, a long distance runner born in Carpi that lost his Olympic Gold Medal for being helped to stand up after a fall near the finish line. [1] The area was crippled in the earthquakes of May 2012.
Title
As a titular
Geography
Located in the northern area of its province, at the borders with Reggio Emilia, Carpi borders with the municipalities of Campogalliano, Cavezzo, Correggio (RE), Fabbrico (RE), Modena, Novi di Modena, Rio Saliceto (RE), Rolo (RE), San Prospero and Soliera.[4]
It counts the hamlets (frazioni) of Budrione, Cantone di Gargallo, Cibeno Pile, Cortile, Fossoli, Gargallo, Lama di Quartirolo, Migliarina, Osteriola, San Marino, San Martino Secchia and Santa Croce.[1]
Demographics
Main sights
Carpi is distinguished by its great Renaissance square (
Other notable landmarks include:
- Town hall (Palazzo dei Pio) - formerly the castle of the Pio family. It includes parts from different ages, such as the merloned-tower of Passerino Bonaccolsi, the Renaissance façade and the tower of Galasso Pio, and the 17th century watch tower. It includes a chapel frescoed by Bernardino Loschi and Vincenzo Catena.
- Baldassarre Peruzzi, drawings for it are located in the Gabinetto dei Disegni e Stampe in the Uffizi, Florence, and document Peruzzi's contact with Leonardo da Vinci.[6]Construction begun 1514, Baroque façade added in 1701 and cupola completed 1774).
- Church of Santa Maria in Castello or La Sagra - façade (1514) designed by Peruzzi .
- Church of Santa Chiara
- Church of Santissimo Crocifisso
- Church of San Bernardino Realino
- Church of San Bernardino da Siena
- Church of San Nicolò, Carpi
- Church of Sant'Ignazio- home of the Museum of the Diocese of Carpi
- Church of San Francesco d'Assisi
Sports
The biggest football team in Carpi is
Notable people
- Jacopo Berengario da Carpi (1460–1530), physician
- Ermes Effron Borgnino, known as Ernest Borgnine (1917–2012), U.S. actor, was the son of Anna Boselli (1894–1949) who was born in Carpi
- Camilla Pio di Savoia, (1440–1504) founder of Santa Chiara at Carpi
- Liliana Cavani (born 1933), film director and screenwriter
- Alida Chelli (1943–2012), actress
- Roberto Corradi (born 1975), former footballer
- Ciro Menotti (1798–1831), patriot
- Gregorio Paltrinieri (born 1994), swimmer
- Galasso I Pio (died 1367), Prince of Carpi
- Alberto III Pio (1475–1531), prince and humanist
- Rodolfo Pio da Carpi (1500–1564), cardinal and humanist
- Bernardino Ramazzini (1633–1714), physician
- Carlo Rustichelli (1916–2004), composer
- Beppe Lopetrone (1950–2007), fashion photographer
See also
- Fossoli concentration camp
- Cassa di Risparmio di Carpi
References
- ^ a b (in Italian) Municipal statute of Carpi
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Istat.
- ^ 43534 Carpi on OpenStreetMap
- ^ Image Archived September 6, 2005, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Parsons, "Between Typology and Geometry, Designs by Baldassarre Peruzzi for Carpi Cathedral," Romisches Jahrbuch der Biblioteca Hertziana (Hirmer Verlag, Munich, 2005), band 35, pp. 287-326.
External links
- (in Italian) Carpi official website
- Carpi at Emilia Romagna Turismo (in English)