Provinz Reggio Emilia - A22, Albinea, AC Reggiana, Guastalla, Reggio Nell'emilia, Brescello, Novellara, Castelnovo Ne' Monti, Correggio (English, German, Paperback)

Kapitel: A22, Albinea, Ac Reggiana, Guastalla, Reggio Nell'emilia, Brescello, Novellara, Castelnovo Ne' Monti, Correggio, Reggiolo, Scandiano, Ramiseto, Rubiera, Quattro Castella. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Reggio Emilia (Latin: Regium Lepidi and Regium) is an affluent city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 167,013 inhabitants and is the main comune (municipality) of the Province of Reggio Emilia. The town is also referred to by its more official name of Reggio nell'Emilia ). The inhabitants of Reggio nell'Emilia (called Reggiani) usually call their town by the simple name of Reggio. In some ancient maps the town is also named Reggio di Lombardia. The old town has an hexagonal form, which derives from the ancient walls, and the main buildings are from the 16th-17th centuries. The commune's territory is totally on a plain, crossed by the Crostolo stream. Though not Roman in origin, Reggio began as an historical site with the construction by Marcus Aemilius Lepidus of the Via Aemilia, leading from Piacenza to Rimini (187 Be. Reggio became a judicial administration centre, with a forum called at first Regium Lepidi, then simply Regium, whence the city's current name. During the Roman age Regium is cited only by Festus and Cicero, as one of the military stations on the Via Aemilia. However, it was a flourishing city, a Municipium with its own statutes, magistrates and art collegia. Apollinaris of Ravenna brought Christianity in the 1st century CE. The sources confirm the presence of a bishopric in Reggio after the Edict of Milan (313). In 440 the Reggio's diocesis was submitted to Ravenna by Western Roman Empire Valentinianus III. At the end of the 4th century, however, Reggio had decayed so much that Saint Ambrose include it among the dilapidated cities. Damages were increased by Barbarian invasions. At the fall of the Western Empire (476), Reggio was part of the Odoacer's reign. In 4...http://booksllc.net/?l=de