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Comune in Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Maranello is a town in Modena Province, 18 km south of Modena city in northern Italy. It's best known as the home of Ferrari motors and their racing team, and in 2017 had a population of 17,500.
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Church of St Blaise
The earliest documented church was in 1375, using parts of the castle. The present church was completed in 1903 in neo-Gothic style, with the belltower added over the next decade.
This 11th century castle has a frescoed gallery with scenes of battles fought by Duke Alfonso I d'Este (1527-1531). On the lower floor is a hall with mid-16th century landscapes commissioned by Marco III Pio. A pentagonal tower once housed a prison and is now a vinegar store. The castle now hosts a ceramics museum.
Built in 1201 but destroyed, so the present castle is from about 1400. It was owned by the Calcagnini family from 1648 until 1946, when it became city council offices. From 1998 it was restored, re-opening as a museum in 2007.
The Ducal Palace was designed by Bartolomeo Avanzini in 1634. In 1638–56 the interior was frescoed by the French Baroque painter Jean Boulanger and others. At ground level is a large pool surrounded by ruins, "il Fontanazzo".
Sassuolo's principal church, first known from 1318, but redecorated by Jean Boulanger and others from 1646.
Built in 1650, this was the Este family chapel, linked by a secret passageway to the Palace.
The castle was built in 920 and destroyed in 1325 and 1501, but rebuilt in 1636.
Maranello doesn't have a railway service. SETA Bus 185 runs hourly from Modena to Formigine, the Ferrari Museum (30 min) and Maranello bus station east side of town.
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