Carpi

Carpi is an Italian town and comune of approximately 71,000 population within the province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna. It is a busy centre for commercial and craft activities and for cultural and industrial exchanges. The name "Carpi" is derived from carpinus betulus, a hornbeam tree especially full-size in medieval times within the Po valley location. In Prehistoric times it was a settlement of the Villanovan Culture. The basis by way of the Lombard king Aistulf of St. Mary's church inside the castle in 752 turned into step one inside the present day agreement of the town.

From 1319 to 1525 it became dominated by means of the Pio own family, after whom it turned into received by means of the Este, as a part of the Duchy of Modena. The town obtained a Silver Medal for Military Valour in popularity of its participation inside the resistance against the German profession all through World War II. The metropolis has one in every of the largest rectangular in all Italy, the heart of the town, Piazza dei Martiri. It is surrounded with the aid of the fort, the catedral, the town corridor and a 52 arches long portico. Every Thursday and Saturday the rectangular hosts the nearby market.