San Polo d'Enza

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Altitude: 166 m
Inhabitants: 6.179 (update to December 31, 2018)
Postal code: 42020
Weekly market day: Thursday
Patron Saint: San Paolo (January 25)
Hamlets: Barcaccia, Grassano, Pontenovo
0039 0522 241711 - Municipality
Municipality of San Polo d'Enza

How to get there

San Polo d'Enza

By car
From Reggio Emilia, take Provincial Road SP9 travelling in the direction of Cavriago and Montecchio Emilia, then switch to Provincial Road SP8 to San Polo d'Enza.

By train
From the train station of Reggio Emilia, Tper train Reggio Emilia - Ciano d'Enza

By bus
From Piazzale Europa-Reggio Emilia bus No. 48

Historical notes

San Polo d'Enza is situated in the area that once belonged to Matilda, Countess of Canossa, and was an important link between the territory of Reggio Emilia and Parma, and between the plains and the mountains. The name of the town derived partly from San Paolo, to whom a chapel was dedicated, and partly from the Enza, the river that flows along the border of the territory. The area was first settled in very ancient times, as shown by the important Etruscan settlement that was found in Servirola (located about 1 km. north of town). It is thought that the town was established by the Etruscans around the 5th century B.C. The old name of San Polo, "Plebs de Caviliano", was mentioned for the first time in a charter drawn up on 14 October 980 A.D. and signed by Emperor Otto II. In 1070 San Polo became the property of the Church of Reggio Emilia under the rule of Marquis Boniface of Canossa. It was later ruled by the Visconti family, the Este, and the Gherardini in the seventeenth century.

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