๐ฎ๐น Marzabotto (Marzabรฒt) is a small town and comune in Italian region Emilia-Romagna, part of the Metropolitan City of Bologna. It is located 27 km (17ย mi) south-southwest of Bologna by rail, and lies in the valley of the Reno. The area includes the site of an ancient Etruscan city and also the place of a modern massacre that took place there during World War II.
Etruscan city In and below the grounds of the Villa Aria, close to the city, are the remains of an Etruscan town of the 5th century BC, Kainua, protected on the west by the mountains, on the south-east by the river, which by a change of course has destroyed about half of it. The acropolis was just below the villa: here remains of temples were found.
The town lay below the modern high-road and was laid out on a rectangular plan divided by main streets into eight quarters, and these in turn into blocks or insulae. Necropoleis were found on the east and north of the site. The place was partially inhabited later by the Gauls, but was not occupied by the Romans.
World War II massacre On September 29, 1944, during the World War II German occupation of Italy, the town was the site of the worst massacre of civilians committed by the Waffen SS in Italy. In reprisal of the local support given to the partisans and the resistance movement, soldiers of the SS-Panzer-Aufklรคrungsabteilung 16, killed systematically hundreds of civilians in Marzabotto, and in the adjacent Grizzana Morandi and Monzuno. The town was awarded the Gold Medal of Military Valour for this episode. Sculptor Nicola Zamboni created a large monument in the city in 1975 in front of the town hall.
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๐ฉ๐ช Lauf an der Pegnitz 11.28
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๐ฎ๐น Sesto Fiorentino 11.2
๐ฉ๐ช Eichstรคtt 11.183
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Locations Near: Marzabotto 11.2,44.3333
๐ฎ๐น Bologna 11.347,44.494 d: 21.3
๐ฎ๐น Emilia-Romagna 11.039,44.526 d: 24.9
๐ฎ๐น Modena 10.934,44.643 d: 40.4
๐ฎ๐น Prato 11.1,43.882 d: 50.8
๐ฎ๐น Pistoia 10.924,43.932 d: 49.8
๐ฎ๐น Sesto Fiorentino 11.2,43.833 d: 55.6
๐ฎ๐น Imola 11.716,44.356 d: 41.1
๐ฎ๐น Carpi 10.883,44.783 d: 56
๐ฎ๐น Florence 11.257,43.77 d: 62.9
๐ฎ๐น Montecatini Terme 10.783,43.88 d: 60.4
Antipodal to: Marzabotto -168.8,-44.333
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