A monastery is said to have been founded here, at the beginning of the seventh century, by saint Columbanus, and in the middle of the village a church is still dedicated to the Irish saint. The local families, however, split into two factions and killed one another for generations: in 1532 the duke of Ferrara, tired of the disorder, had the castle pulled down.
People lived on chestnuts here: dried and ground in the mills along the Leo and the Fellicarolo, they were the everyday food. From Trignano came the pioneer Felice Pedroni, who in America signed himself Felix Pedro, and Fanano is twinned with Fairbanks, in Alaska. The fountain in piazza Corsini is of 1913, and the springs that fill it were the gift of a local doctor, Camillo Monari.
Tagliatelle al Ragù · Aceto Balsamico di Modena
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Next up: Pope Saint Sylvester and the Blueberry Festival, Thursday 31 December
Nearest airport: Bologna Marconi, 53 km away
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📅 Every year, on 31 December; the Blueberry Festival in August
Fanano celebrates Pope Saint Sylvester on 31 December, in the church dedicated to him. Every August, the Festa del Mirtillo is held, dedicated to the Apennine bilberry.
Cooked grape must and wine vinegar aged in wooden barrels: Aceto Balsamico di Modena has held Protected Geographical Indication status since 2009.
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