Sassuolo

Sassuolo
Sassuolo
	Comune
	Città di Sassuolo
	Piazza Garibaldi
	Coat airms
	Sassuolo Location o Sassuolo in Italy
	Coordinates: 44°33′N 10°47′E / 44.550°N 10.783°E
Kintra	Italy
Region	Emilia-Romagna
Province	Modena (MO)
Frazioni	Montegibbio, Salvarola Terme, San Michele dei Mucchietti
Govrenment
• Mayor	Luca Caselli
Area
• Total	38.56 km2 (14.89 sq mi)
Elevation	121 m (397 ft)
Population (30 April 2009)
• Total	41,573
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Sassolesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	41049
Diallin code	0536
Patron saunt	St. George
Saunt day	Aprile 23
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Sassuolo is an industrial centre o the Emilia-Romagna region o Italy. The toun staunds on the richt bank o the river Secchia some 17 km sooth-wast o Modena.

History

The first historical mention o the toun dates tae 980. In 1078 the consuls o Sassuolo swore lyalty tae the commune o Modena. In 1373 the ceety passed tae the Este faimily at the request o the ceetizens thairsels, who obtained the richt tae extract watter frae the river Secchia.

The toun wis a possession o the Duchy o Modena till the 19t century.

Title

As a titular Duke o Modena, the current haulder o the title o "Laird o Sassuolo" wad be Prince Lorenz o Belgium, Airchduke o Austrick-Este.

Main sichts

Amang the main sichts in the toun is the Ducal palace of Sassuolo, designed by architect Bartolomeo Avanzini in 1634. In 1638-1656 pairt o the interiors wis frescoed bi the French Baroque painter Jean Boulanger. Angelo Michele Colonna, Agostino Mitelli, Baldassare Bianchi an Giovanni Giacomo Monti wur invitit bi Boulanger tae wirk on the palace decoration. Luca Colombi, Giovanni Lazzoni, Lattanzio Maschio, Guercino, Salvator Rosa, Ludovico Lana contributed an aw.

At the grund level is a lairge puil surroondit bi ruins, cried Il fontanazzo.

Economie

The industrial os Sassuolo growthe began in the 1950s. Presently, the ceety is the centre o Italian tile industrie an ane o the maist important in the warld. 80% o aw Italian ceramic tiles are producit here, wi mair nor 300 ceramic factories operates in the Sassuolo destrict.