Toano - Lands of Matilde of Canossa

Toano (RE)

Lands of Matilde of Canossa - Emilia Romagna (Italy)

Toanese territory is part of a mountain spur that extends north of the ridge Cusna, bordered by three rivers: the bucket, the Secchia and Dolo.
Conformation, this, which made it the ideal place for colonization, before Friniates, people of ethnic Celle Ligure then the Romans in the eleventh century BC
Of this there are still several witnesses, as the necropolis of San Bartolomeo and archaeological sites near the ridge: Quara, Toano and Massa.
Today's center, with the various settlements, still has interesting features in terms of architectural, historical and artistic.
There are many initiatives every year, successful history and offer visitors, as the inhabitants, many of the entertaining, some based on the revived ancient traditions of popular festivals, other cultural exquisitely flavored dialect as the theater and the various exhibitions art and handicrafts.
Toano country is also vital in terms of sport and leisure with its numerous facilities in the capital and other neighboring centers.
The importance of history in all its forms is clearly visible in the beautiful well-preserved ancient structures.
The Pieve di Santa Maria Assunta, already mentioned in documents dating from the tenth century, was built using large blocks of sandstone, following the style of understated beauty typical of Romanesque-Lombard Appennino Reggiano.
The construction of the Church for years engaged the entire citizenry, who carved the stone, who melted metal, who donated wheat, wine and food.
Even in villages remain interesting artifacts from different eras, from the house - are strong, the tower-houses, manor courts, the ancient water mills near the streams.
A Manno, Cerreto, Cabbage, The Goose has operated in the seventeenth century, the family of Ceccati, carvers and sculptors who have left in these parts of the masterpieces of stone and wood altarpieces, tabernacles, friezes, altars, but also buildings of excellent workmanship.
Since 2005, the Research Center is actively dedicated to them which can be considered the starting point for a journey - artistic culture through the territory of the Appennino Reggiano.
Inside the center you can visit a photographic exhibition dedicated to the works of this family of artists.