Fontanellato
Sign in to saveFontanellato (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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Article
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Tourism and culture
- Rocca Sanvitale
- Sanctuary of the Beata Vergine del Santo Rosario
- Labirinto della Masone
- World War II POW camp
- Twin cities
- References
- External links
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.