Copparo

Copparo is a metropolis and comune of Emilia Romagna, Italy, in the Province of Ferrara, placed 50 kilometers northeast of the regional capital of Bologna and 17 kilometers east of the provincial capital of Ferrara, Copparo sits within the fertile Po River Delta 10 kilometers south of the river and 35 kilometers from the Adriatic coast. The origins of Copparo date again to the early Middle Ages and are showed both through a formation previous to the year 1000 and by its belonging to the Church of Ferrara and Ravenna under the call Massa in Copario. From many historic files it appears that Copparo became a rather large agricultural middle within the territory of Ferrara.

The 1431 census mentions it as the biggest location sown with barley and wheat. Copparo become likewise stated in the Statuta Ferrariae dated 1287 under the call of Coparius. After the year 1251, the location fell underneath the identity of the Dukes of Ferrara, the Estensi circle of relatives. They used the place often for leisure purposes, developing certainly one of their precept game preserves and looking accommodations, a turreted citadel.