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Modena
You are looking for Accommodation in Modena, Emilia-romagna, Italy. We are bringing you one step closer to finding your perfect accommodation solution.
In Modena we have holiday accommodation properties of the following types: 3 Star Hotels and 4 Star Hotels.
Some of our popular destinations for holiday accommodation in Modena include: Bologna, Carpi, Cesena, Ferrara, Forl-Cesena, Forli, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggio Emilia, Rimini, San Prospero, Sassuolo, Sestola and Zocca.
Our featured holiday accommodation properties in Modena include: Hotel San Silvestro and Hotel De Corso.
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 Real Fini Baia del Re
4 Star Hotel in Modena
Emilia-Romagna, Italy
The modern hotel Baia del Re, open in February 2006, is situated in the Donnino area, a suburb of Modena... |
 Rocca Boschetti
4 Star Hotel in San Cesario sul Panaro, Modena
Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Located in San cesario Sul Panaro (MO) 15 Km far from Modena Roccaboschetti Hotel is a 4-star hotel where... |
 Real Fini Via Emilia
4 Star Hotel in Modena
Emilia-Romagna, Italy
The Hotel Real Fini Via Emilia, at the gates of the town, welcomes you to the traditional hospitality... |
 My Hotels Carpi
4 Star Hotel in Carpi, Modena
Emilia-Romagna, Italy
The My Hotels Carpi hotel is situated in a strategic position, 2 km from the motorway exit, only 3 km... |
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Situated at 34 m. above sea level on the plain confined by the rivers Secchia and Panaro; the Via Emilia runs through the urban area. Ancient centre of the Ligurians, in 183 BC. the city became a Roman colony, known as Mutina, an important agricultural and commercial market. After the Barbarian invasions, it flourished again under the Canossas (11th-12th century), as a free municipality and later, in the 13th century, passed under the rule of the Estensis, who held it until the French Revolution. After 1815 Modena was an Austrian possession until 1860 when it was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy.
Monuments: The Duomo (Romanesque - 12th-13th century, sculptures by Wiligelmo), the Ghirlandine (a tower, 86 m. high-14th century), the Palazzo Ducale (17th century, now seat of the Military Academy), the Palazzo Comunale (12th century), the church of San Francesco (Gothic), the Pantheon degli Estensi (17th century).
With regard to the economy, Modena is an important commercial centre, and a junction ... Read More...
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Carpi, a princely Renaissance seat, Emilia Romagna
To transform Carpi from a town into a "princely Renaissance seat", this was the idea of the last of the Pio family at Carpi, Alberto III (1475 - 1531), a humanist prince and extraordinary intellectual, a pupil of Aldo Manuzio and Giovanni Pico.
The foundation or the reorganisation of the "official places" in the city (the square, the palace and the Collegiate church); the creation of "public services" (the abattoir, the market, the library) in the area to the south of the square; improvement of the fortifications and the urban structure by building monasteries, new suburbs and working on the city walls: all these projects were planned by the Prince and give the historic city centre its present appearance.
The Pio Palace became a real court with the construction of the court of honour, the facade and the interior decorations in line with the models of Roman derivation by the architect Baldassarre Peruzzi.
The spectacular Renaissance square (276 by 60 metres) with its extraordi ... Read More...
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 You are looking for Accommodation in Modena, Emilia-romagna, Italy
Our featured holiday accommodation properties in Modena include: Hotel De Corso and Hotel San Silvestro.
In Modena we have holiday accommodation properties of the following types: 3 Star Hotels and 4 Star Hotels.
Some of our popular destinations for holiday accommodation in Modena include: Bologna, Carpi, Cesena, Ferrara, Forl-Cesena, Forli, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggio Emilia, Rimini, San Prospero, Sassuolo, Sestola and Zocca.
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