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Information about Scandiano in the Province of Reggio Emilia

It is very important from the social and economic point of view and has the highest number of inhabitants after Reggio Emilia, the capital of the province, from which it is 15 Km away. The municipal area, situated where the hill area meets the plain, is one of the oldest human settlements in the province, and is a site of great archaeological, historical and cultural interest.

The famous "Venere" (found in 1940 and now conserved in the Reggio Emilia's Civic Museum) comes from the Neolithic village of Chiozza di Scandiano. The first castle in Scandiano was built in 1262 by Gilberto Fogliani from the same famous family as Guido Riccio, immortalised by the brush of Simone Martini in Siena. The Estensi family succeeded the Fogliani family who were in turn succeeded by the Boiardo family (1432), the most famous of whom was the poet Matteo Maria. When the last Boiardo, Ippolito, died in 1560, Scandiano became part of the Estense duchy estate: several investitures followed, the Thiene family, the Bentivoglio family, the Mari family, then passing under the direct rule of the Estensi family until the Risorgimento period (with the exception of the periods during the Cispadana and Cisalpina Republics and the Italico Kingdom).

Nowadays Scandiano is a thriving agricultural, commercial and industrial centre thanks also to its position at the foot of the hills and at the access point to the Apennine valleys. The ceramic industry is particularly important. The wines of Scandiano are much appreciated.

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