Timetable of extra-urban routes
Transport service
840 000 216 - Contact Center Seta (Monday-Saturday from 07:00 a.m. to 07:00 p.m.; Sunday from 09:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m., closed on weekday holidays) 840 151 152 - Railway Call Center
Tickets can also be purchased in the tobacconist shops (tabaccheria).
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Here are the maps of the 32 Municipalities of the local editorial staff of Reggio Emilia:
Reggio nell'Emilia
Albinea
Bagnolo in Piano
Bibbiano
Boretto
Brescello
Cadelbosco Sopra
Campagnola Emilia
Campegine
Casalgrande
Castellarano
Castelnovo Sotto
Cavriago
Correggio
Fabbrico
Gattatico
Gualtieri
Guastalla
Luzzara
Montecchio Emilia
Novellara
Poviglio
Quattro Castella
Reggiolo
Rio Saliceto
Rolo
Rubiera
San Martino in Rio
San Polo d'Enza
Sant'Ilario d'Enza
Scandiano
Vezzano sul Crostolo
Altitude: 22 m
Inhabitants: 5.562 (updated to January 31st, 2024)
Postal code: 42012
Weekly market day: Saturday
Patron Saints: Santi Gervasio e Protasio (June 19)
Hemlets: Cognento and Ponte Vettigano
0039 0522 750711 - Town Hall
Town Hall of Campagnola Emilia
Campagnola Emilia
By car
From the exit Reggio Emilia of the A1 motorway: take Provincial Road SP travelling in the direction of Reggiolo. Turn right at Novellara.
From the A22 motorway: exit at Carpi and take the Provincial Road to Novellara.
By bus
From Piazzale Europa in Reggio Emilia: public transport bus No. 43 or 95.
Campagnola Emilia, located 23 km north of the administrative centre, in territory that has belonged to the Canossa family (IX century), the monastery of Frassinoro and the Da Correggio family (XIV-XVII centuries).
The construction of the village, begun in 1621 by Siro d'Austria, increased its importance.
In the heart of the town is Piazza Roma, which maintains the regular XVI-century layout, with the Santi Protasio e Gervasio Parish Church to the north, two sides of similar houses and porticoes, a space to the west for villa Schiattarini, later Conti-Cottafavi, and the Town Hall, a XVII-century building modified on a number of occasions, positioned at the opposite end of the church.
At around 1.5 km from the centre of the town is the Sant'Andrea Church, in Romanesque style, with frescoes from the XV century.
North east of the town is the Abbey of Campagnola Emilia dedicated to the Holy Trinity; founded in the XII century, it is one of the most important in the Reggio Emilia territory of that period. Today, only a modest little church remains of the entire building, built out of the right-hand nave of the church and placed inside a Rural Palace.
The farming village is well-known for the delicious Ciccioli (pork cracklings) produced there; it is also famous for the vinegar dellars, the Lambrusco Reggiano wineries and the cheese factories that produce Parmigiano Reggiano cheese.
Salami Nights - Third weekend of May
Tastings of salami and other pork-based gastronomic products.
Contest between butchers for the title of "salame dell'anno" ("salami of the year").
Saints Gervasio and Protasio Festival - Third weekend of June
Open market, gastronomic stands and products, performances, funfair.
Golden Crackling - Second Sunday of December
Contest between butchers for the production of the best pork crackling and the "record-breaking super crackling", and at the end of the day, the awarding of the best butcher.
Gastronomic stands and stalls with local traditional food products.
In San Bernardino is the San Bernardino Court (also known as Casa Folloni taken from the name of its current owner), already recorded in the XII century with the name of Villa dei Reatini.
The famous Franciscan preacher Saint Bernardino of Siena, extraordinary orator and propagandist of the name and monogram of Jesus was a guest in the villa.
The palace, dating to the Matildic era, was restructured in the XV century with a manor house to the west, a dovecote tower to the north, and a XV-century oratory dedicated to the Saint.
Via Abbazia, 28 - 42012 Campagnola Emilia 0039 0522 663947 - Parish
Visitable upon previous arrangement only
Campagnola Emilia
By car
From the exit Reggio Emilia of the A1 motor-way, take Provincial Road SP travelling in the direction of Reggiolo. Turn right at Novellara.
From the A22 motor-way, exit at Carpi and take the Provincial Road to Novellara.
By bus
From Piazzale Europa in Reggio Emilia, public transport buses n° 43 o 95
According to scholars, the original church was chosen as a model for the construction of the Church of San Domenico in Reggio Emilia. The building now has a façade with sloping roof, enclosed by pilaster strips at the corners. The roof has a simple small bell tower with vaulting cell. Still visible in the northern part are the round arches of the interior, now closed in; just beyond was the central nave. Clustered pillars in an alternating pattern support the cross-vaulted ceiling, and some traces of the bas-relief sculptures of the sandstone capitals remain. A plaster ancona on the southern wall attests to the improvements ordered by Cardinal Francesco Barberini, commendatory abbot (1695-1739), whose commission also left a fine wooden crucifix, restored and conserved in the parish church. Trapezoidal windows were also opened in the 18th century. Old frescoes which seem to depict St. Augustine were recently discovered in the room which now serves as the sacristy. Today the Abbey of the Santissima Trinità is the property of the parish and can be visited on request to the parish priest.
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Phones
0039 0522 663947 - Pastoral Unity
0039 0522 663591 - San Giovanni Bosco Oratory
See the indication to reach Campagnola Emilia
The church dedicated to Saints Protase and Gervase in Campagnola was founded by Bishop Ambrose of Milan during his voluntary exile in Bologna between 392 and 394. At the time, it may have been a parish church which oversaw other baptismal churches in the area.
A document from the Monastery of San Prospero dated 1099 states that the parish church of Campagnola, dedicated to the Martyred Saints Gervase and Protase, stood in the district of Motta Bernini, to the south-west of the village. The church had one nave and two aisles and was surrounded by a cemetery as was the custom of the time.
There are very few existing details about the church in the period up to 1299.
Between 1612 and 1621, a new church was built on the site of the present one, thanks to donations by the local population and the Prince of Correggio.
Once the new building was completed, the old castle church of “Campagnola vecchia” was demolished.
The new construction had one nave, two aisles, and four archways, with a choir, a pulpit, and two common burial grounds.
In 1770 the architect Bartolomeo Rocco from Milan was appointed to restore the church and the works were completed in 1772.
The organ, made by Luigi MonteSanti from Mantova in 1798 has twenty-two registers, and the baptismal font was built in 1820.
In 1800, the church was endowed with a fine tabernacle in inlaid wood with silver and mother-of-pearl decorations, made by Friar Fedele da Scandiano.
The clock in the bell tower, installed in 1923, is the work of Guglielmo Ferrari from Campagnola (the present electronic clock dates to the early 1980s).
Works to complete the buildings annexed to the church and to restore the church interior were carried out subsequently.
The church façade has simple lines and is subdivided into two levels separated by a horizontal cornice. The protruding elements, including the coupled pilaster strips, the cornices, the depressed arch tympanum, and the mouldings give movement but also regularity to the architectural design. The crescent-shaped niche above the main portal contains a fine terracotta bas-relief of St. Peter, a reference to the old church of San Pietro del Castellazzo.
The building has a Greek cross layout, inspired by the church of the Madonna della Ghiara in Reggio Emilia.
On the northern side of the church there is a deep presbytery with a semicircular apse.
The church interior has one nave and two aisles with barrel vaults resting on fluted columns and pilaster strips.
In the middle of the main nave there is a false dome about two metres high with a painting of the Glory of Saints Gervase and Protase in the centre, and the four Evangelists in the four surrounding segments.
The altar of the Crucifix at the end of the left aisle has an ancon in white stucco, on the sides of which are two black spiral columns with angels dressed in golden garments holding up the capitals.
The interesting altar frontal is in polychrome scagliola depicting flower garlands, cornucopias, scrolls, and birds with the image of the crucifix in the middle.
The wealth of paintings and artworks which the church has acquired over its long history include altarpieces listed and protected by the Region’s Fine Arts Department.
On the left of the presbytery is a canvas painting depicting the Madonna with Infant Jesus and a woman in the act of proffering a child to a saint. The latter is mistakenly identified as San Bernardino but is, in fact, San Francesco da Paola.
The large altarpiece of the main altar was painted in 1837 by the painter Luigi Manzini from Modena. It depicts the Saints Sebastian, Luigi Gonzaga, Gaetano, Mauro, Rocco, Gervase, and Protase, crowned by an angel. The artist belonged to the group of Neoclassical painters from the academic school of Modena. The attribution of the painting is confirmed by a receipt dated 1837 given by Luigi Manzini to Don Tiberio Saltini, the parish priest of Campagnola at the time.
On the right of the presbytery is a canvas of the Madonna and Saints Antonio Abate and Clare, with an angel holding a crosier and an Ambrosian monstrance.
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San Bernardino - 42012 Campagnola Emilia (RE)
Phone 0039 0522.669844 - Municipal Library
The place is managed by Cultural Association San Bernardino da Siena, which organizes events and happenings in cooperation with the Municipality of Campagnola Emilia.
For info and visits, contact the Municipal Library at the phone number above.
By car
From the exit Reggio Emilia of the A1 motor-way, take Provincial Road SP travelling in the direction of Reggiolo. Turn right at Novellara.
From the A22 motor-way, exit at Carpi and take the Provincial Road to Novellara.
By bus
From Piazzale Europa in Reggio Emilia, public transport bus n. 43 o 95
The originally closed court (the southern wing was destroyed) dates back to the era of Matilda, Countess di Canossa and was rebuilt in the 15th century with a main house on the west side, a dovecote on the north side, and an oratory dedicated to the saint. Of note is the archivolted portal with brick pilasters surmounted by a broken pediment.
It is now privately owned.
Abbazia di Campagnola (Abbey of Campagnola)
The Abbey of Campagnola can be visited every Sunday (2 km from the municipal seat heading south-east, equidistant between Campagnola and Novellara). What remains today is the central nave of a much larger medieval structure. Preserved are some architectural and artistic remains of the original construction.
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Weekdays 08:00 a.m. - 08:00 p.m.
Sunday and holidays 08:00 a.m. - 08:00 p.m.
Weekly closure non holiday Monday
take A1 motorway and Reggio Emilia exit. From Reggio Emilia, take Provincial Road SP in the direction of Reggiolo. Turn right at Novellara. Distance from Novellara: 3 km. From A22 motorway, exit at Carpi and take the Provincial Road to Novellara.