Marzabotto

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Marzabotto
Comune di Marzabotto
Marzabotto acropolis
Marzabotto acropolis
Coat of arms of Marzabotto
Location of Marzabotto
Map
St. Joseph and St. Charles [3]
Saint dayMarch 19
WebsiteOfficial website

Marzabotto (

Reno. The area includes the site of an ancient Etruscan city and also the place of a modern massacre that took place there during World War II
.

Etruscan city

In and below the grounds of the Villa Aria, close to the city, are the remains of an Etruscan town of the 5th century BC, Kainua, protected on the west by the mountains, on the south-east by the river, which by a change of course has destroyed about half of it.[4][5] The acropolis was just below the villa: here remains of temples were found.

The town lay below the modern high-road and was laid out on a rectangular plan divided by main streets into eight quarters, and these in turn into blocks or insulae.[6] Necropoleis were found on the east and north of the site.[7] The place was partially inhabited later by the Gauls, but was not occupied by the Romans.[8]

World War II massacre

On September 29, 1944, during the World War II German occupation of Italy, the town was the site of the worst massacre of civilians committed by the Waffen SS in Italy.[9] In reprisal of the local support given to the partisans and the resistance movement, soldiers of the SS-Panzer-Aufklärungsabteilung 16, killed systematically hundreds of civilians in Marzabotto, and in the adjacent Grizzana Morandi and Monzuno.[10] The town was awarded the

Gold Medal of Military Valour
for this episode. Sculptor Nicola Zamboni created a large monument in the city in 1975 in front of the town hall.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. feast days
    is on March 19, so this may be a local saint. Alternatively, the local church may contain relics of one of the known Saint Charles.
  4. ^ Pearce, M., R. Peretto, P. Tozzi, DARMC, R. Talbert, S. Gillies, T. Elliott, J. Becker. "Places: 393448 (Marzabotto)". Pleiades. Retrieved March 12, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  8. ^ The Etruscan town of Marzabotto Archaeological site and National Etruscan Museum "Pompeo Aria" http://www.archeobologna.beniculturali.it/marzabotto/note_en.htm
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  11. ^ Luciano Galmozzi (1986). Monumenti alla libertà: antifascismo, resistenza e pace nei monumenti italiani dal 1945 al 1985. p. 152. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)

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