Parish church of Coriano - Pieve di Coriano

Parish church of Coriano is a center of the Lombardy, from 1 January 2018 fraction of the new municipality Borgo Mantovano, following the merger with Revere is Villa Poma.

To know

Matilde di Canossa still hovers in this small town in the Po valley where she built one of the numerous parish churches linked to her name.

Geographical notes

Agricultural center of the Lombard plain south of the Po, in the territory ofOltrepò Mantua, is located a short distance - 14 km - from San Benedetto Po.

Background

For a long time it was part of the territory of Revere, until in the nineteenth century the municipal administrative autonomy was recognized. In its territory stands the Destra Secchia Hospital, a hospital that serves a large area of ​​the Oltrepò.

2012 earthquake

In January 2012 and in the following month of May 2012 strong earthquakes struck a large area of ​​theEmilia seriously damaging numerous centers of the Po Valley of Emilia between the Autostrada del Sole and the course of the Po, especially in the areas of Modena and the neighboring areas of Ferrara and Reggio, also involving the Oltrepò Mantua, belonging to the Lombardy but orographically part of theEmilia. The earthquake, which in Emilia it also cost numerous victims, in the Oltrepò it hit the historic centers of numerous cities causing collapses, subsidence and injuries in churches and ancient monuments and damaging many others. The centers most affected were Wife, Pegognaga, San Giacomo delle Segnate, Poggio Rusco, Quistello, Gonzaga, San Giovanni del Dosso.

How to orient yourself

How to get

By car

• Highway exit a Pegognaga on the Brenner motorway
• It is bordered by the state road 12 Abetone - Brenner
• It can be reached by the provincial road 43 Quistello - Quingentole

How to get around

What see

• 45.0334111.1070491 Parish church of Santa Maria Assunta, Gramsci square. 1082 is the year indicated as that of the foundation of the church, commissioned by Matilde di Canossa, lady of the place. With a basilica plan, with three naves with three apses, the interior is harmonious and of a certain grandeur. Many features of the original Romanesque structure have been recovered after the church had undergone a Renaissance makeover. Significant remains of frescoes can still be admired on the walls of the apses and on the side walls. For the most part they are Renaissance frescoes: Santa Agnese, San Rocco and San Sebastiano, Christ in glory surrounded by the symbols of the Evangelists, Sant'Antonio, Santa Lucia and numerous other figures of saints.

An apse preserves the traditional Christ Pantocrator contained in the almond, a sixteenth-century work like a Madonna and Child. A Christ Pantocrator is also depicted in the apse of the main altar, and is the only surviving fresco of a cycle of more ancient representations dating back to the 12th century. The Crucifix is ​​a work of the sixteenth century in carved wood which retains some parts still covered with a layer of gold leaf; the great expressiveness of the still dying face of Christ is noteworthy. 

Events and parties

What to do

Shopping

• Pieve di Coriano is located in the area called Mantuan truffle road, a path that goes from Felonica to Quistello where is the prized White truffle, which is the protagonist of many tourism promotion initiatives, parties and festivals. In this area from truffles excels Borgofranco sul Po, a country that has joined the small group of City of the Truffle Italian. In support of the white truffle, an association has been created to promote it.

How to have fun

Where to eat

Average prices

• 45.0343611.104721 La Bottega della Carne pizzeria restaurant, Via Cittadella, 16, ☎ 39 0386 395052. 
• 45.0340411.106932 Pizzeria Bar les Follies, Gramsci Square 7, ☎ 39 0386 39168. 

Where stay

Safety

• 45.034211.11541 Right hospital bucket, Via Bugatte 1, ☎ 39 0386 717111, fax: 39 0386 717409. 

Pharmacy

• 45.0336211.11012 Oak, Via Giacomo Matteotti, 13, ☎ 39 0386 39116. 

How to keep in touch

Post office

• 45.03419911.106613 Italian post, Antonio Gramsci Square 6, ☎ 39 0386 39216, fax: 39 0386 39216. 

Around

• San Benedetto Po - The Abbey of Polirone perpetuates the memory of Matilde di Canossa, the Grand Countess which linked the name of the town to its fame. The majesty and beauty of the church and the convent structures, combined with the wide breadth of the square, make it a destination of great interest.

Itineraries

• Pieve di Coriano is part of the Mantuan Truffle Road, a path of food and wine tourism promotion, about 130 kilometers long and recognized by the Lombardy Region, which winds through the province of Mantua on a territory of 12 municipalities, including: Revere, Quingentole, Borgofranco sul Po, Carbonara di Po, Sermide, Felonica, Magnacavallo, Villa Poma, Poggio Rusco, San Giacomo delle Segnate is Quistello. The route is intertwined with other tourist itineraries in the area: Route of Mantuan Wines and Flavors is Route of Rice and Risotto Mantovani.
• Rice road - The itinerary - to be carried out in particular from May to September - runs through the Mantua area dedicated to the cultivation of rice, between rivers and canals.
• Historic villages of the Po - The itinerary, from west to east or vice versa, leads to know some historical villages that rise near the "great river".
• Matildic churches in the Mantuan Oltrepò - The itinerary goes to the discovery of the churches and oratories that were built between the 11th and 12th centuries by Canossa, whose most representative exponent was the Grand Countess Matilde of Canossa.

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