Romanoro is a small hamlet in the
province of Modena in central
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
, administratively a ''
frazione
A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' ('municipality') in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidat ...
''
of
Frassinoro. It is about
above sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of a location's vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) in reference to a vertical datum based on a historic mean sea level. In geodesy, it is formalized as orthometric height. The zero level ...
.
Right below the town flows the
Dolo mountain stream. A dam exists at the top of
Fontanaluccia, that deviates part of the water about downward to the hydroelectric power plant located in the nearby
Farneta.
History
Construction of a bridge over the Valoria
landslide
Landslides, also known as landslips, rockslips or rockslides, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, mudflows, shallow or deep-seated slope failures and debris flows. Landslides ...
() had been planned since 2006. The bridge was completed in 2007.
Bridge over the Valoria Landslide
Local Newspaper article 29 September 2007 (italian)
Images
image:Romanoro.JPG, Romanoro - Cerreto
image:Romanoro 1964 circa.JPG, Romanoro - 1964 circa
See also
*
* Bibulca Way
* Villa Minozzo
References
{{authority control
Frazioni of the Province of Modena
Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna
Frassinoro