| Luzzara | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Emilia Romagna | |
| Territory | Guastallese | |
| Altitude | 22 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 39 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 9.254 (year 2012) | |
| Name inhabitants | Luzzaresi | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0522 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 42045 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | San Giorgio (April 23) | |
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Luzzara is a city ofEmilia Romagna.
To know
Geographical notes
Close to the Po and the border with theOltrepò Mantua, partakes of both natures. It is 6 km from Guastalla, 6 from Suzzara, 36 from Reggio Emilia, 25 from Mantua.
Background
The pike is in its coat of arms, and Lucciaia or Lucciara, a place rich in pike, is one of the probable etymologies of its name. In 781 it was named among the appurtenances of the Church of Reggio; it then passes to the Monastery of San Sisto di Piacenza. Until the fourteenth century the territory was disputed and was at the center of struggles between the Papacy, the Empire and the Municipality of Cremona, of Reggio, of Mantua, of Modena; in 1311 the emperor Arrigo VII gives Luzzara to Passerino Bonacolsi lord of Mantua is Guastalla to Gilberto from Correggio. When the Gonzagas succeed the Bonacolsi they erect a circle of walls. Meanwhile, Cremona tries several times to take possession of it again, but the Emperor grants the territory of Luzzara to the Gonzagas as perpetual property, who also receive Reggio. With the division of the territories between the family branches, Luzzara passes to a cadet branch of the Gonzaga, and takes on the typical urban appearance of the Gonzaga centers following the urban works commissioned by the Lords, including a fortress and a wall. War events of the early eighteenth century led to the destruction of the fortifications. When the Gonzaga house fell, Luzzara passed to Parma, then to the Este family of Modena to finally land in united Italy.
How to orient yourself
Luzzara: full screen map.Neighborhoods
Casoni, Codisotto and Villarotta are other centers of its municipal area.
How to get
By plane
- 1 Bergamo-Orio al Serio Airport (the Caravaggio), Via Aeroporto 13, Orio al Serio, ☎ 39 035 326323.
- 2 Milan-Malpensa Airport (MXP), Ferno. The airport has two terminals (T1 and T2), the second is used for low cost flights. The bus service Motorway connects the airport with Milan central station in about 50 minutes, while the Malpensa Express it connects Terminal 1 with Cadorna station (red and green line underground) in 40 minutes. The buses of the Sadem is Motorway reach the city of Turin (2 hours), while the company Foxes make a few trips for Genoa (3 hours).
- 3 Brescia Airport (D'Annunzio), Via Aeroporto 34, Montichiari (Connections with Brescia airport are guaranteed by public transport via the bus. The stop a Brescia city is located at the bus station (number 23), while that of the airport is at the front of the terminal. There are also connections to the city of Verona via bus / shuttle line 1), ☎ 39 045 8095666, @[email protected]. Charter only
- 4 Verona Airport (Catullus), Boxes of Sommacampagna, ☎ 39 045 8095666, fax: 39 045 8619074, @[email protected].
- 5 Parma airport (G. Verdi), Via Emilia - Golese locality, ☎ 39 0521 951511.
- 6 Bologna airport, Via Triumvirato 84, ☎ 39 051 6479615.
On the train
It has its own railway station affected by the line How to get around
What see
- Parish Church of San Giorgio, via Leftovers (in Luzzara). The Romanesque apse is a reminder of the previous construction; the building that took its place is of Baroque style. The interior has three naves, with five chapels; there are Renaissance architectural parts. It guards the canvas Madonna and Child between San Giorgio and San Girolamo by Bernardino Luini, a work of the sixteenth century.
- Palazzo della Macina, via Leftovers (in Luzzara). Built in 14812 to a design by Luca Fancelli, it housed the branch of the "Gonzaga di Luzzara".
- Parish church of Sant'Antonio Abate (in Codisotto). The current late seventeenth century church was built to replace the previous building dating back to the sixteenth century. The interior is in marbled stucco and houses the Mysteries of the Rosary, fifteen tablets of the Emilian school of the seventeenth century.
- Parish church of San Carlo Borromeo (in Casoni). The wooden choir is interesting, an artisan work kept in this sacred building which dates back to the 18th century.
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Around
- Guastalla - It was the capital of the Duchy with Parma is Piacenza; it had also been so first with the Gonzagas and then with the Torelli. Its historic center, with traces of the ancient ramparts, retains an important urban tone.
- Viadana - capital of the Viadanese, its vast historical center, of good interest, lives of Po Valley and Gonzaga atmospheres. The ring road avenues mark the route of the ancient disappeared walls; the arcaded streets of the center distinguish the city with the Gonzaga urban style.
- Novellara - For a long time it was the capital of an independent state, from 1335 to 1728, and the Gonzagas of a collateral branch were lords of it. Its appearance is an example of a harmonious urban plan, mainly of a Renaissance character.
- Colorno - Its Royal Palace belonged to the Sanseverino, then to the Farnese, Maria Luigia of Austria, the Bourbons; it is by far the most important monument of this little Versailles Parma, which also offers a small but beautiful historic center, close to the Lorno stream that gives it its name and Parma, not far from the Po.
- Casalmaggiore - Capital of Casalasco, protected by mighty embankments, the city develops parallel to the bed of the Po. The wide breath of the main square, the undeniable majesty of the Town Hall and the Cathedral reveal its character as an important center of the Bassa. The Sanctuary of the Madonna della Fontana, the church of Santa Chiara, the church of the Hospital are among its outstanding monuments.
- Sabbioneta - City of foundation, UNESCO World Heritage Site, maintains the walls within which the magic of ideal urban planning by Vespasiano Gonzaga has remained intact; the Teatro all'Antica, the Ducal Palace, the Gallery, the Incoronata church are some of its monuments that stand out in a context that has been admirably preserved.
Itineraries
- In the lands of the Gonzaga - An itinerary through the centers, large and small, which were the capitals of the Gonzaga cadet branches: principalities, marquisates, duchies which, within the Mantuan state structure, enjoyed real independence, often minted coins and held refined courts that rivaled that of Mantua, embellished their urban centers by equipping them with elegant architecture - churches, squares, palaces, walls, towers - and characteristic urban views such as the typical Gonzaga arcades.
- Historic villages of the Po - The itinerary, from west to east or vice versa, leads to know some historic villages that rise near the "great river".
