Fontanaluccia
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Fontanaluccia
Fontanaluccia | |
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 Fontanaluccia vista dal versante reggiano | |
  Fontanaluccia Location of Fontanaluccia in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 44°16′01″N 10°30′28″E / 44.2669°N 10.50765°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Emilia–Romagna |
| Province | Modena |
| Comune | Frassinoro |
| Elevation | 853 m (2,799 ft) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 179 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 41044 |
| Dialing code | 0536 |
| Website | fontanaluccia.com |
Fontanaluccia is a frazione of the comune of Frassinoro in the Province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna, central Italy.
It is located at an altitude of 853 m, in the upper Modena Apennines, located on the right bank of the Dolo stream.
Located in the valley of the Dolo, Fontanaluccia is a few kilometers from the border with the province of Reggio Emilia.
On the opposite bank of the stream is Gazzano, a frazione of the comune of Villa Minozzo in the province of Reggio Emilia.
History
Already at the beginning of the 13th century there is news of this small village inhabited by a few hundred people. From the end of the 17th century it acquired the title of municipality, with the name of Fontanaluccia. Ancient parish seat, the first church was destroyed by a landslide at the beginning of the 19th century; the current one was finished in 1836, while the bell tower placed next to it around 1894.
Fontanaluccia had a relevant part during World War II being host to a Partisans hospital since the summer of 1944 when the Italian resistance movement of Modena liberated the region and established the Montefiorino free zone.
The hospital was destroyed by the Wehrmacht on 2 August 1944 during the military operation called Wallenstein III.[1]
Districts
Fontanaluccia is divided into various districts: Trugoni, Case Cerbiani, La Chiesa, Case Farioli, Case Stefani, Muschioso, Case Campanile, Case Manni, Pere Storte, Casa Bernardi, to name a few.[2]
