Fontanellato

Fontanellato (Parmigiano: ) is a small town in the province of Parma, in northern Italy. It lies on the plains of the River Po near the A1 autostrada, about west of Parma towards Piacenza.

Key facts

Italian comune.name: Fontanellato
Italian comune.official_name: Comune di Fontanellato
Italian comune.image_skyline: Fontanellato,_Rocca_Sanvitale.JPG
Italian comune.image_caption: Rocca Sanvitale
Italian comune.image_shield: Fontanellato-Stemma.png
Italian comune.province: Parma (PR)
Italian comune.frazioni: Albareto, Cannetolo, Casalbarbato, Ghiara, Ghiara Sabbioni, Grugno, Parola, Paroletta, Priorato, Rosso, Sanguinaro, Toccalmatto
Italian comune.mayor: Luigi Spinazzi
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 53
Italian comune.population_total: 7003
Italian comune.population_as_of: 31 May 2022
Italian comune.elevation_m: 45
Italian comune.postal_code: 43012
Italian comune.area_code: 0521

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Tourism and culture
Rocca Sanvitale
Sanctuary of the Beata Vergine del Santo Rosario
Labirinto della Masone
World War II POW camp
Twin cities
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Fontanellato (Parmigiano: ) is a small town in the province of Parma, in northern Italy. It lies on the plains of the River Po near the A1 autostrada, about west of Parma towards Piacenza.

The town was built up in the 15th century around the moated and fortified house of the Sanvitale family, the Rocca Sanvitale, on the borders of the domain of the Dukes of Parma. The house was occupied by the family until 1951, when it was sold to the commune. One notable feature of the Rocca Sanvitale is a room which serves as a large Camera Obscura in which a small hole acts as a lens causing an image of an outside scene to be projected inside the room.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fontanellato” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.