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Nonantola
Province:
Modena (10 km)
Tourist Area
A place to be treasured and which the Italian Province rightly preserves. In Nonantola, the history of the high and mighty blends with the peasant culture based on wisdom and a love of the earth.
The Abbey of San Silvestro, founded in 752 A. D. by St. Anselmo, become one of the most powerful abbeys in northern Italy, and is the only Romanesque monument in the Province which bears comparison with the Cathedral of Modena.
The Abbey Museum, in which the Treasure and relics of the Abbey’s considerable endowment (such as the Staturoteca – a double Byzantine cross of the 11th century) are preserved is not to be missed. According to legend, the cross contains a fragment of the Holy Cross.
Because of the earthquake of May 2012, the Museum of Nonantola (Bolognesi's Tower) is closed temporarily.
The Abbey of San Silvestro, founded in 752 A. D. by St. Anselmo, become one of the most powerful abbeys in northern Italy, and is the only Romanesque monument in the Province which bears comparison with the Cathedral of Modena.
The Abbey Museum, in which the Treasure and relics of the Abbey’s considerable endowment (such as the Staturoteca – a double Byzantine cross of the 11th century) are preserved is not to be missed. According to legend, the cross contains a fragment of the Holy Cross.
Because of the earthquake of May 2012, the Museum of Nonantola (Bolognesi's Tower) is closed temporarily.
For more information
Local Staff: Modena
Information
COMUNE DI NONANTOLA
Via Marconi, 11 - 41015
(MO)
Tel. ++39 059 896555
Fax ++39 059 896556
pit@comune.nonantola.mo.it
Open troughout the year
Via Marconi, 11 - 41015
(MO)
Tel. ++39 059 896555
Fax ++39 059 896556
pit@comune.nonantola.mo.it
Open troughout the year
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