Mirandola
Mirandola | |
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| Comune di Mirandola | |
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 Coat airms | |
  Mirandola Location o Mirandola in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 44°53′12″N 11°4′0″E / 44.88667°N 11.06667°E | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Emilia-Romagna |
| Province | Modena |
| Frazioni | Cividale, Gavello, Mortizzuolo, Quarantoli, San Giacomo Roncole, San Martin Carano, San Martino Spino, Tramuschio |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Maino Benatti |
| Area | |
| • Total | 137.1 km2 (52.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
| • Total | 22,068 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Mirandolesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 41037 |
| Diallin code | 0535 |
| Patron saunt | Saunt Possidonio |
| Saunt day | 16 Mey |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Mirandola (local dialect: La Miràndla) is a ceety an comune o Emilia-Romagna, Italy, in the Province o Modena, 31 km northeast o the provincial caipital bi railwey.
History
Mirandola oreeginatit as a Renaissance ceety-fortress. For fower centuries it wis the seat o a independent principality (first a coonty, then a duchy), a possession o the Pico faimily, whose maist ootstaundin member wis the polymath Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494). It wis besiegit twa times: in 1510 an 1551.
It wis acquired bi the Duchy o Modena in 1710. The ceety stairtit tae decay efter the castle wis destroyed in 1714.
On 29 Mey 2012 a pouerful yirdquauk hit the Mirandola area. It killed at least 17 fowk an collapsed kirks an factories. An aw 200 wur injured. The 5.8 magnitude quauk left 14,000 fowk hameless.[2]
Main sichts
- The Palazzo del Comune is a 15t-century edifice o Gothic style. The castle o the Pico faimily haes been recently restored an it is nou open tae the public.
- Palazzo della Ragione, in late Gothic style.
- Palazzo Bergomi (15t century)
- Palazzo Comunale (1468, lairgely restored in the 19t century), wi the portraits o the Pico an ither airtwirks, includin an Adoration o the Magi ance attributit tae Palma il Giovane.
- The cathedral, datin frae the end o the 15t century, haes been restored. S. Francesco is a fine Gothic kirk. It hooses the tombs o the Pico faimily, includin that o Prendiparte Pico (14t century). Collapsed durin the seicont of the 2012 Emilia yirdquauks.
- The Baroque Kirk o the Gesù (1690).
- The 15t century Collegiata.
Twin ceeties
Ostfildern, Germany
Villejuif, Fraunce
Sources
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- ↑ Source: Comune di Mirandola
- ↑ Dailystar, 17 dead and 200 injured in latest killer quake in northern Italy, , May 30, 2012 12:40 AM, By Colleen Barry
Freemit airtins
- Offeecial wabsteid (in Italian)