Correggio ( Reggiano: ) is a town and ''

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Province of Reggio Emilia The Province of Reggio Emilia ( it, Provincia di Reggio nell'Emilia, Emilian: ''pruvînsa ed Rèz'') is one of the nine provinces of the Italian Region of Emilia-Romagna. The capital city, which is the most densely populated comune in the provin ...

, in the

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region of Italy, in the Po valley. As of 31 December 2016 Correggio had an estimated population of 25,694. Its

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is Quirinus of Sisak,San Quirino
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Veronica Gambara Veronica Gambara (29 or 30 November 1485 – 13 June 1550) was an Italian poet and politician. She was the ruler of the County of Correggio from 1518 until 1550. Biography Born in Pralboino (now in the Province of Brescia), in Lombardy, Italy, Ga ...

(1485–1550) a noted politician poet who ruled the principality after the death of her husband Giberto X, Count of Correggio, from 1518 to 1550. It is the birthplace of the

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painter Antonio Allegri, who was called "il

Correggio Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 – 5 March 1534), usually known as just Correggio (, also , , ), was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Italian Renaissance, who was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sens ...

" from the name of his town. The French poet Tugdual Menon resided in Correggio for much of his life. It is also the birthplace of composer

Bonifazio Asioli Bonifazio Asioli (30 April 176926 May 1832) was an Italian composer of classical and church music. Biography Born in Correggio, Asioli was a child prodigy, commencing his study of music at five years of age, and having composed several masses an ...

, Venetian School composer

Claudio Merulo Claudio Merulo (; 8 April 1533 – 4 May 1604) was an Italian composer, publisher and organist of the late Renaissance period, most famous for his innovative keyboard music and his ensemble music composed in the Venetian polychoral style. He wa ...

, rock singer

Luciano Ligabue Luciano Riccardo Ligabue (born 13 March 1960), commonly known as Ligabue or Liga, is an Italian singer-songwriter, film director and writer. Biography Ligabue was born in Correggio, in the province of Reggio Emilia (Emilia-Romagna egl, Emig ...

, educator Loris Malaguzzi, who developed the

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marathon runner

Dorando Pietri Dorando Pietri (; often wrongly spelt Petri; 16 October 1885 – 7 February 1942) was an Italian long-distance runner. He finished first in the marathon at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London but was subsequently disqualified. Biography Earl ...

, and novelist

Pier Vittorio Tondelli Pier Vittorio Tondelli (14 September 1955 – 16 December 1991) was an Italian writer who wrote a small but influential body of work. He was born in Correggio, a small town in the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy and died in nearby Reggio Em ...

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In 1659, the Principality was annexed to the

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As a titular

Duke of Modena Emperor Frederick III conferred Borso d'Este, Lord of Ferrara, with the Duchy of Modena and Reggio in 1452, while Pope Paul II formally elevated him in 1471 as Duke of Ferrara, over which the family had in fact long presided. This latter territo ...

, the current holder of the title of "Prince of Correggio" would be

Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (born 16 December 1955) is a member of the Belgian royal family as the husband of Princess Astrid of Belgium. He is the head of the House of Austria-Este, a cadet branch of the House of Habsbur ...

Main Sights

Religious Buildings

Basilica of San Quirino In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica is a large public building with multiple functions, typically built alongside the town's Forum (Roman), forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek East. The building ...

built 1512 - 1587. * San Francesco, until 1638 housed the painting Riposo in Egitto con San Francesco. * San Giuseppe Calasanzio * Santa Chiara (1666) * Santuario della Madonna della Rosa. * Santa Maria della Misericordia * San Sebastiano (1591).

Secular Buildings

* Rocchetta * Torrione * Palazzo dei Principi ( Museo Civico il Correggio) * Teatro Comunale Bonifazio Asioli * Palazzo Comunale * Palazzo della Ragione e Torre dell'Orologio * Jewish Cemetery

Gallery

Image:Correggio palazzo dei principi esterno.jpg, Palazzo dei Principi Image:Correggio palazzo principi portico.jpg, Internal courtyards of Palazzo dei Principi Image:Correggio palazzo principi colonne.jpg Image:Correggio teatro Asioli.jpg, Teatro Asioli Image:Correggio san Quirino.jpg, Church of St. Quirinus (Chiesa di san Quirino) Image:Correggio corso.jpg Image:Correggio palazzi.jpg Image:Correggio portici.jpg, portici - arcade

Sources

{{Authority control Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna