Groppo, Riolunato

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Groppo
Frazione
Groppo is located in Italy
Groppo
Groppo
Location of Groppo in Italy
Coordinates: Coordinates: 44°14′09″N 10°38′32″E / 44.23583°N 10.64222°E / 44.23583; 10.64222
Country Italy
RegionEmilia-Romagna
ProvinceModena
ComuneRiolunato
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
41020
Patron saintSt. Peter

Groppo is district of the Riolunato municipality, located in the Modena province, Emilia-Romagna region, Italy.

Landscape of the Groppo territory
Landscape of the Groppo territory

Geography[]

Groppo is both an hamlet and a territory. The territory boundaries are: the Scoltenna creek (South-East); the Palagano territory, beyond the Giardini and Vandelli routes (North-West); the Pievepelago territory (South-West) and Roncombrellaro (North-East). As a territory, it includes Cabonargi and many other small inhabited areas and it is about 3 km2 wide.

History[]

During the 15th Century, Groppo was already a municipality, endowed with its own statutes.[1] It became part of the Riolunato municipality quite lately; in 1845 still belonged to the Pievepelago community, one of the five communities in which was divided the Frignano territory (the other ones were: Pavullo, Fanano, Sestola e Fiumalbo).[2] In 1786-87, a great landslide affected the hamlet, reaching even the Scoltenna creek.

Among the people, natives of Groppo, who had some notoriety we can mention: Father Claudio Fini, famous in the second half of the XVI century as theologian and preacher, a witness of the holiness of St. Aloysius Gonzaga;[3] Saverio Cabonargi, follower of Mazzini, who animated the participation of the Frignanese mountain in the 1831 Modena revolution and Luigi Cabonargi (d. 1852), doctor in Rome, a friend of Stendhal.[4]

During the final phase of the Second World War, the Groppo territory was located just north of the Gothic line; during these years happened the fall, on the heights near the town, of an American reconnaissance aircraft: the body of the pilot, Paul M. Thorngren, born in Boone (Iowa), was temporarily buried near the parish church and now rests in the .[5]

In the same years took place the operation Herring, in which the paratrooper Enea Cucchi participated and fell heroically, on April 22, 1945. Enea was born there; he was awarded the silver medal for military valour; a street and a commemorative plaque are dedicated to him.

References[]

  1. ^ Frova, Piero (1974). "Groppo e i suoi statuti". Rassegna Frignanese. XIX, 20.
  2. ^ Zuccagni-Orlandini, Attilio (1845). Corografia fisica, storica e statistica dell'Italia e delle sue isole corredata di un atlante. Parte VI. Stati estensi. Firenze. p. 508.
  3. ^ Santi, V. (1902–1904). "Groppo". Lo Scoltenna. Atti e memorie. I: 44–53.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  4. ^ Regarding Saverio and Luigi Cabonargi, see: L’Appennino modenese descritto e illustrato. Rocca S. Casciano. 1972 [1895]. p. 1037.
  5. ^ See record on the Find a grave website.
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