Other sights in West Of Bologna
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Castle of Canossa
The Castle of Canossa, built in 940 and then rebuilt in the 13th century, is where Matilda, countess of Canossa, reconciled the excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV with Pope Gregory VII in 1077. Largely ruined, it has a small museum.
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Basilica di Sant’Antonino
The Basilica di Sant’Antonino was built in the 11th century on the site of an earlier church. Its peculiar octagonal tower is claimed to be the oldest of its type in Italy.
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Castle of Rossena
From Canossa you can see across to the castle of Rossena, which is well preserved but keeps short hours.
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Palazzo San Francesco
Palazzo San Francesco has an eclectic collection of mainly 18th-century art and archaeological discoveries.
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Duomo
From the outside, Parma’s Duomo, consecrated in 1106, is classic Lombard-Romanesque. Inside, the gilded pulpit and ornate lamp-holders all scream baroque bombast. But there are some genuine treasures here: up in the dome, Antonio Correggio’s Assunzione della Vergine (Assumption of the Virgin) is a kaleidoscopic swirl of cherubims and whirling angels, while down in the southern transept, Benedetto Antelami’s Deposizione (Descent from the Cross; 1178) relief is considered a masterpiece of its type.
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