Fiorano Modenese ( Modenese: ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about west of Bologna and about southwest of

Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

. Neighboring municipalities are Formigine, Sassuolo, Serramazzoni, Maranello.

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's private testing track, the

Fiorano Circuit The Fiorano Circuit () is a private racetrack owned by Ferrari for development and testing purposes. It is located in Fiorano Modenese, near the Italian town of Maranello. The circuit has FIA Grade 1 license. Work begun in 1971 and official ...

is located on the border with Maranello.

Main sights

*Castle of Spezzano, noted from 11th century. It includes a frescoed gallery with scenes of battles fought by duke Alfonso I d'Este (1527-1531). At the lower floor is a hall with mid-16th century landscapes commissioned by

Marco III Pio Marco may refer to: People * Marco (given name), people with the given name Marco * Marco (actor) (born 1977), South Korean model and actor * Georg Marco (1863–1923), Romanian chess player of German origin * Tomás Marco (born 1942), Spanish co ...

. A pentagonal tower once housed a prison and is now housed as a communal vinegar store. *

Sanctuary of the Beata Vergine del Castello di Fiorano A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred place, such as a shrine. By the use of such places as a haven, by extension the term has come to be used for any place of safety. This secondary use can be categorized into human sanctuary, a saf ...

*Parish church of San Giovanni Battista *

Oratorio di San Rocco, Spezzano The Oratorio di San Rocco (Oratory of St Roch) is a Roman Catholic chapel-church located in the frazione of Spezzano, in the commune of Fiorano Modenese, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. History The oratory was moved near its original loc ...

*Museum of Ceramic *Church of

San Lorenzo, Nirano San Lorenzo is a Roman Catholic parish church at Via Chiesa #5 at the frazione of Nirano, in the commune of Fiorano Modenese, in the region of Emilia-Romagna egl, Emigliàn (man) egl, Emiglièna (woman) rgn, Rumagnòl (man) rgn, Rumagnòla (woman ...

Salse of Nirano
*Theater Astoria *Villas: Villa Campori, Villa Pace, Villa Guastalla, Villa Coccapani, Villa Cuoghi, Villa Messori. *Municipal vinegar factory

Districts

The municipality of Fiorano Modenese is divided on 4 districts: Fiorano Modenese, Spezzano, Ubersetto and Nirano.

Twin towns

Nardò Nardò ( la, Neritum or ; cms, Nareton) is a town and ''comune'' in the southern Italian region of Apulia, in the Province of Lecce. Lies on a lowland area placed at south-west of its Province, its border includes part of the Ionian coast of S ...

, Italy *

San Donato di Ninea San Donato di Ninea () is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. In 1602 the Spanish King Philip III, invested it as a dukedom to the Sanseverino dynasty, founded by the Princes of Bisignano ...

, Italy *

Ozieri Ozieri ( sc, Otieri) is a town and ''comune'' of approximatively 11,000 inhabitants in the province of Sassari, northern Sardinia (Italy), in the Logudoro historical region. Its cathedral of the Immacolata is the episcopal see of the Roman Cath ...

, Italy * Burgos, Italy *

Bultei Bultei ( sc, Urtei) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southeast of Sassari. Bultei borders the following municipalities: Anela, Benetutti, Bono ...

, Italy *

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, Spain

References

External links

Official website
Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna {{EmiliaRomagna-geo-stub