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Historic Regional Park of Monte Sole
The Parco Regionale Storico di Monte Sole covers an area of about 6,300 hectares stretching over the Municipalities of Marzabotto, Monzuno and Grizzana Moranti. Mount Sole (826 m) and its park are part of a small chain in the province of Bologna between the Reno River and the Setta stream.
Place of Memory
The Park is of interest not only for its natural beauties and rich wildlife but also for its historical importance related to the tragic events that took place in Marzabotto on 29 September 1944. Hundreds of innocent people together with a large part of the Brigata Partigiana Stella Rossa were massacred by Nazi-Fascist soldiers on Mount Sole; one of the most tragic pages of the Liberation War and of Italy’s history was unfortunately written right here, in the valleys and peaceful hills of these areas. The German soldiers massacred 770 harmless people, mostly women and children, believed to help the partisans in this area.
Thanks to a regional law, the Parco Regionale Storico di Monte Sole was created in memory of the atrocities committed here; this is the first park of this type in Italy, a memorial of those dramatic events for future generations. The “Il memoriale” itinerary inside the park touches the symbolic places of the massacre, starting from the Il Poggiolo Visitor Centre up to the top of Mount Sole. Here visitors will find a stone in memory of the partisans that died in these valleys during the Liberation War.
Fauna and flora
The Park offers much more than just a journey back in Italy’s history: in fact more than 936 plant species have been identified here. Considering that the regional flora includes about 2700 species, about 1/3 is present in the Parco Storico del Monte Sole.
The fauna of the park includes animals of great interest alongside more common ones; the park is populated by deer, roe deer, fallow deer and wild boar as well as by 65 bird species that nest in the Park.
Amphibians such as the edible frog and stripeless tree frog populate the Reno and Setta Rivers, the waterways and pools of water. There are also many reptiles, including the asp and lizard.
Parco Regionale Storico di Monte Sole
Headquarters
Via Porrettana Nord, 4/f
40043 Marzabotto (BO)
Tel. +39 051 932525 - Fax +39 051 6780056
segreteria@parcostoricomontesole.it
Visitor Centre
Centro Visita "Il Poggiolo"
Via San Martino, 25
Locality San Martino - 40043 Marzabotto (BO)
Tel. and fax +39 051 6787100
info@poggiolomontesole.it
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How to get here
From the Bologna-Florence highway, exiting at: Sasso Marconi. Go towards Sasso Marconi, after about 2 km at the roundabout near the town, take the second exit following the signs for "Parco Storico di Monte Sole”. Continue on the SS 64 called the "Porrettana", which runs along the riverbed valley of the Reno River, to reach Marzabotto (where there is the Memorial). To reach the Visitor's Center of the Park, continue on past Marzabotto until Pian di Venola, then turn left following the signs for S.Martino - Parco Storico di Monte Sole.
ATTENTION!
Access to the Park from Marzabotto through Sperticano - Poggiolo di San Martino, is by way of a bridge going over the Reno River, which can sustain a maximum weight of 15 tons. It is therefore necessary to use vehicles that do not surpass this weight when fully loaded up, or, as another option, tour buses may cross the bridge empty while the passengers get out and cross it on foot.
