Correggio ( Reggiano: ) is a town and ''

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region of Italy, in the Po valley. As of 31 October 2022 Correggio had an estimated population of 25,050. Its

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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, Emilia-Romagna, Correggio from 1518 until 1550. Biography Born in Pralboino (now in the Province of Bre ...

(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

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" 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, Venetian School composer

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, 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 in norther ...

, educator Loris Malaguzzi, who developed the

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marathon runner

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, and novelist Pier Vittorio Tondelli.

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In 1659, the Principality was annexed to the

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

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Main Sights

Religious Buildings

* Basilica of San Quirino, built from 1512 to 1587. * San Francesco, until 1638 housed the painting ''

Rest on the Flight to Egypt with Saint Francis The ''Rest on the Flight into Egypt with Saint Francis'' is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Antonio Allegri, Correggio, dated to c. 1520 and now in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence. The Rest on the Flight into Egypt was a popular subje ...

''. * 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:Palazzo Cattini.jpg, Palazzo della Ragione e Torre dell'Orologio 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

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