San Giovanni in Marignano - Italy

San Giovanni in Marignano (RN)

Emilia Romagna (Italy)

We are at the center of the plain of the Conca Valley, the beaches of Cattolica is a few miles around and go up the first hill.
San Giovanni in Marignano has tied its agricultural development of this plain, a fertile territory still drawn by beautiful countryside neatly worked.
Here the wheat and wine are abundant and of excellent quality. Ancient fortifications and the structure of the country tell us of the importance that the village had the Signoria Malatesta. Today San Giovanni in Marignano is an active town with a historic center rich in events, fairs, flea markets and antiques marcatini and one week each year, around the magical night of San Giovanni in Marignano, you are revived, according to tradition, the mysteries and fascinating stories of witches. (The night of Stege)
The area around San Giovanni in Marignano returned numerous finds of Roman and abundant evidence dating back to the High Middle Ages during which most of the lands around the river basin is drained.
But, like all countries of this part of Romagna, it ruled that Malatesta develops and takes on the characteristics that accompany it until today. San Giovanni in Marignano was known as the "breadbasket of the Malatesta and his already this definition tells us what was the role and importance within the Lordship.
A production center of great value, as the traces of walls and fortifications dating from 1300 - 1400 and especially the large number of mass graves of wheat, or underground storage of grain are found all over the country.
Over the centuries this vocation abundant agricultural production and quality has enabled San Giovanni in Marignano to maintain its vibrant communities, now enriched by the use in industries at the forefront of fashion and other modern industries.