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Church of San Nicolò
It was erected by order of Alberto III Pio in 1493
over the remains of a small pre-existing medieval
church. The cotto facade is linked to a portico that
leads to the adjacent Franciscan convent. This is a
building of outstanding architectural importance,
with paintings of considerable interest, some of the
most prized “scagliola” altar fronts in the area and
wood choir stalls dated around 1518.
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CARPI
e Portico Lungo
Portico del Grano
City Museum
35 centuries of history: the terramare, the Roman
land division, King Astolfo, Matilde di Canossa, the
Pio, the d’Este, Ciro Menotti and Manfredo Fanti, up
to modern-day Carpi.
Museum Monument to the Political and Racial
Deported
Opened in 1973, it represents a unique example
in Italy of a memorial to the Deported. Thirteen
rooms of strong emotional impact, with graffiti
by outstanding artists (Longoni, Picasso, Guttuso,
Cagli, Léger) and phrases taken from “Lettere dei
condannati a morte della Resistenza europea”
(Letters of European fighters sentenced to death).
Some showcases contain objects that once
belonged to people deported to the concentration
camps. The tour of the Museum ends in the Sala dei
Nomi, “the Room of the Names”, where the names
of more than 14,000 deportee are scratched on the
walls. Into the Cortile delle Stele; “the courtyard of
the Steles”, 16 high ferroconcrete stones report
the names of the camps where the massacres took
place during the World War II.
Castello dei ragazzi
For young people, under 16 years old.
c MUNICIPAL THEATRE
It is one of the most important historical theatres of
the Emilia Romagna. It opened its doors the 11th
August 1861, just after the proclamation of the
Italian Kingdom. The interesting theatrical season
is rich in concerts, prose and dancing shows.
g Palazzo Scacchetti (Town Vinegar Loft)
It was the residence of the Scacchetti family
(merchants of shaving hats) in the late18th century.
From the beginning of the 19th it has been
considered a real estate of the community of Carpi.
It houses today the Municipal ACETAIA
h Piazzale Re Astolfo
It has been the town centre since the beginning of the
16th century. Today, it is still the centre of the medieval
city, onto which face the Sagra, the Palazzo dei Pio, the
ancient Castelvecchio (15th century Pio residence), an
the Loria factory, where straw hats were once made
and which is now the civic library (J).
k La Sagra - THE PARISH CHURCH
S. Maria in Castello
It is the city’s oldest church and is included in
the European circuit of Romanesque buildings.
According with the tradition it was created in
the 752 A.D. by the Lombard king Astolfo. It was
reconstructed in the roman style during the 11th
century and subsequently modified by Alberto III Pio
in the present-day renaissance appearance.
The church was built in the present form in 1681, but
a monastery already existed since the 3rd century.
The construction of the building ended in the 8th
century, but the facade remained unfinished. The
interior is constituted of a single nave with transepts
and four little chapels on the sides.
s FORMER SYnagogUE
During the 15th century the Jewish community
set up home in the buildings overlooking the small
“Giulio Rovighi” street; in 1719 the ghetto was
instituted. Today there are two synagogues in Carpi:
the first one is into the attics of the palace over the
Portico del Grano, the second one, designed by the
architect Achille Sammarini, has a little monumental
access on/over the street.
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Piazza Garibaldi
With porticos on three sides, has always been know
as “la piazzetta” and for a long time hosted the city’s
agricultural and fruit and vegetable market. The
buildings are in prevalence nineteenth-century but
the residences in the oriental side are particularly
interesting in their architecture/the
architecture of the residences in the oriental side is
particularly interesting.
EVENTS
A train fot Auschwitz - January
The golden jack - January
The Roots and the Wings - February-May
Feast of the Patron - May
International Festival of Different Ability - May
The Carpi Summer - June-September
Philosophy Festival - September
Narration Festival - Arturo Loria Prize - October
City of Carpi car and motorcycle mart - October
Typical on Party – October
Ramazzi days – October
Enzo Ferrari Memorial Italy Marathon
and Italy Long-Distance Race - October
Festival Vie - October
Carpi at Table - October - November
Control+C Festival Carpi Contemporary – December
Christmas in Carpi - December
USEFUL NUMBERS
Town Hall of Carpi C.so A. Pio 91 – Tel. (+39) 059.649211
www.carpidiem.it
QuiCittà – Public Relations Office Via Berengario, 4
Tel. (+39) 059. 649213-214
Ramazzini Hospital Via Molinari, 2 – Tel. (+39) 059.659111 – 118
Local Police Via Tre Febbraio, 2 – Tel. (+39) 059.649555
Taxi Tel. (+39) 059.353888 www.cotamo
All’interno, disegno di Antonio Monteverdi
n ChURCH OF San Francesco d’Assisi
Palace Museum
(Noble Apartment) Xylography and Art Gallery):
art, architecture and history of the Palazzo and
the Pio seignory.
m Auditorium San Rocco
Former church of Santa Maria delle Grazie
In 1945 the confraternity “Servi di Maria” began
the construction of the church and the convent. The
building had been erected in fits and starts since
the last baroque reconstruction in the 18th century.
In copertina, G. Alessandro Spacijo da Palmanova
“Carpi”, 1676 (Biblioteca Palatina di Parma - Ms.Parm.3711,c.49r)
su concessione del Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali
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This porch was realised at the beginning of the 16th
century and it was probably based on a project of
Baldassarre Peruzzi. It owe its name to the existence,
since the 19th century, of the cereals market.
Assessorato Turismo e Centro storico
b Palazzo dei Pio
It shows today mostly the Renaissance appearance
wished/required by Alberto III Pio, the last prince of
Carpi, at the beginning of the 16th century. A fortress
already existed in the 11th century, at the time of Matilde
di Canossa, complete with defensive structure. Over
two centuries the Pio family transformed the ancient
castle into an exclusive modern palace developed
around the Honour court/courtyard that, together with
the Passerino tower (1320), the Torrione degli Spagnoli
(1440-1450), and the Uccelliera (1480), represents one
of the most interesting architectures of the Palace. The
inner rooms are richly decorated with frescos dating
between the 15th and the 16th centuries.
52 arcades form this long porch. The central arch,
named “il Voltone” (the great vault), is the biggest
one and the most decorated.
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d CATHEDRAL OF Assunta
The building of the cathedral began in 1515 by order of
Alberto III Pio who wanted to build the Collegiata in the
new town centre. The building site was soon interrupted
because of the Pio’s banishment, and the project came to
an end just at the end of the end of the 19th century. The
appearance of the building feels the effects of this long
period of construction; the size is that of the 16th century
required by Alberto III, who based the plan of the church
on the St. Peter in Rome: the interior is wide with a nave
and two aisles, the façade shows baroque patterns.
The dome is seventeenth-century, while the walls had
been decorated in the neoclassical style during the 19th
century. The present-day decoration in the renaissance
style had been realised from 1873 up to 1893.
CARPI
a Piazza dei Martiri
It is the centre and the heart of the modern city. In
terms of size, it ranks the third in Italy (about 15,000
sq m) and, whit its plain and calm monumentality,
it brings back to the Emilian Renaissance.
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PALAZZO DEI PIO
The palace houses:
68, Piazza Martiri tel. (+39) 059.649955
opening times: from Tuesday to Thursday 10-13
(on reservation)
Museum to the Political and Racial Deported
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Municipal historical archives
1, Piazzale Re Astolfo tel. (+39) 059.649959
opening times: from Monday to Saturday 8.30-13
Monday and Wendsday 15-18
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Ethnographic research center
2, Piazzale Re Astolfo tel. (+39) 059.649969
opening times: by appointment
Castello dei ragazzi
59, Piazza Martiri tel. (+39) 059.649988
openig times: Monday 15-19
from Tuesday to Saturday 9-13 / 15-19
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MUNICIPAL THEATRE
72, Piazza Martiri tel. (+39) 059.649263-4
opening times: by appointment
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PORTICO DEL GRANO
PORTICO LUNGO
TOWN VINEGAR LOFT (Palazzo Scacchetti)
Tourist Office
Via Berengario, 2 - 41012 Carpi (MO)
tel. (+39) 059.649255 fax. (+39) 059.649240
[email protected] - www.carpidiem.it/turismo
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CHURCH OF SAN NICOLÒ
91, Corso Alberto Pio tel (+39) 059.649586
opening times of the town vinegar loft: the second Saturday of the month from 10 to 13, except for the month of August
PIAZZALE RE ASTOLFO
CASTELVECCHIO
MULTIMEDIA LIBRARY “ARTURO LORIA”
m AUDITORIUM SAN ROCCO
(Former church of S. Maria delle Grazie)
1, Via Rodolfo Pio tel. (+39) 059.649954
opening times: Tuesday to Saturday 9-20,
Monday and Sunday 15-20
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CATHEDRAL - CATTEDRALE DELL’ASSUNTA
Piazza Martiri tel. (+39) 059.686278
opening times: 7-12 / 16-19
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1, Piazzale Re Astolfo tel. (+39) 059.649959
winter opening times:
Friday, Saturday and holidays 10-13 / 15-19
summer opening times:
Friday, Saturday and holidays 10-13 / 16-20
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The Palace Museum
The City Museum
PIAZZA DEI MARTIRI
Piazzale Re Astolfo tel. (+39) 059.6550494
opening times: Thursday and Friday 10.30-12.30,
Saturday and Sunday 10-12.30 / 15.30-18
3, Piazzale San Nicolò tel. (+39) 059.685310
opening times: 8-12 / 15.30-19
closing time on holidays: 18.30
1, Via San Rocco tel. (+39) 059.688732
(Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio Carpi)
opening times: by appointment
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CHURCH OF SAN FRANCESCO D’ASSISI
8, Via Trento Trieste tel. (+39) 059.690472
opening times: 7.30-12 / 15.30-19
20, Via Trento e Trieste tel. (+39) 059.059.694276
opening times: 17.30-19
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SANCTUARY CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS
14, Via San Bernardino da Siena tel. (+39) 059.693339
opening times: 7-12 / 15.30-18.30,
on holidays 7-12 / 16-18
r CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA
AND MONASTERY OF THE “CLARISSE”
79, Corso Manfredo Fanti tel. (+39) 059.687012
opening times: 7-12 / 15.30-19
s FORMER SYNAGOGUE
57, Via Giulio Rovighi tel. (+39) 059.688272
opening times: by appointment
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44, Corso Manfredo Fanti tel. (+39) 059.059685542
opening times: Thursday and Saturday 10-12.30,
Sunday 10-12.30 / 16-18
CHURCH OF SAN BERNARDINO DA SIENA
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PIAZZA GARIBALDI
PALAZZO FORESTI 20 via San Francesco tel. (+39) 059.691376
opening times: by appointment