The project “Romanesque: Medieval Monuments of Emilia Romagna” aims at the realization, development and administration of a multimedia platform dedicated to the study and the promotion of the region’s historic artistic heritage. The material will be collected and organized with an eye to the project’s primary goal of a modern model of scientific dissemination using multimedia resources, while also promoting tourism to the inestimable Romanesque heritage present in Emilia-Romagna.
This site is geared toward all kinds of educational institutions and grade levels, professional associations, and public and private institutions. The wide intended audience and range of possible uses are reflected in the site’s vocabulary and formal character. We hope to give the whole population a quality historic and cultural service, by streamlining and developing the capabilities offered by the web. This goal is guided by a passion for the dissemination, promotion and conservation of our region.
For more information, please contact associazione.rabisch@gmail.com
STORIA La pieve di Contignaco, dedicata a San Giovanni Battista, si erge sulla cima di un poggio tra le colline di Salsomaggiore Terme, in provincia di Parma, sul lato opposto a quello che ospita il castello della famiglia Pallavicino. Questo monumento romanico risale al XII secolo, in quanto viene citato per la prima volta in un documento del 1179. Successivamente la pieve viene menzionata anche in una bolla del 1196, per poi essere sottoposta nel 1391 ad un restauro da parte di Iohannes de Saselinis da Parma, come risulta documentato dall'epigrafe murata sulla facciata. Il monumento costituiva nel medioevo un'unità ecclesiastica molto importante perché custodiva il fonte battesimale ed aveva giurisdizione su numerose altre chiese, quasi come fosse una piccola diocesi, dove il sacerdote titolare portava il titolo di pievano o arciprete. La chiesa viene profondamente ristrutturata tra il 1781 ed il 1789 per adeguarla ai canoni barocchi, con la costruzione delle volte sulle navate e la stesura di intonaci e cornici. Ma a partire dal 1954 sono stati avviati alcuni restauri significativi che hanno avuto l'abilità di eliminare gli intonaci e gli interventi barocchi precedenti. In questo modo la pieve è riuscita a recuperare quell'austerità e sobrietà tipica dello… 
History The church of Santa Maria Assunta, located in the area of Castione Marchesi, is all that remains of the old Benedictine abbey complex, founded in 1033 by the Marquis Adalberto, ancestor of the Pallavicino family. Even though numerous land donations are from that date, it is not until the mid-12th century that the construction of the complex can be assigned. The abbey remained in the hands of the Benedictines, to later be entrusted to the Olivetan monks, who upheld it until its transfer to the diocese of Parma in 1764. In the 19th century, the church began to assume all the functions of ordinary parishes. After continual reconstructions, proper restorations were carried out between 1954-58, which brought back the building’s Romanesque appearance on the internal structure. Art-Historical Notes Contrary to the interior, the gabled façade shows the evident signs of a Romanesque of restoration, and therefore of dubious authenticity. The three-aisled basilica is supported on alternating cruciform pilasters, with five bays in the aisles, and two in the nave, covered by groin vaults. The structure seems to repeat the architectural principles of the Cistercian order, though it was not a Cistercian abbey. The 20th-century restoration campaign revealed its affinity… 
The Cathedral of San Vicinio at Sarsina History In the center of the principal piazza of Sarsina, looms the Cathedral dedicated to San Vicinio, patron and first Bishop of the city. It is considered to be one of the most remarkable and interesting Romanesque buildings in Emilia Romagna. The church was probably first built in the Byzantine period, and radically reconstructed around the year 1000 in Romanesque forms. Starting in 1656, a bishop named Cesar Righini decided to demolish the raised presbytery and the underlying crypt. The numerous transformations that followed in the course of the centuries, including the Baroque remodeling were all eliminated by an effective campaign of restoration carried out from 1958 to 1966, planned and completed by Carlo Bandini, who successfully restored the Cathedral to its original appearance. Art-Historical Notes This imposing Romanesque edifice demonstrates a rather severe brick appearance, where the massive campanile forms a unified front with the gabled façade. In the upper register, the façade is sober and unadorned in warm brick, but is simultaneously elegant. The upper articulation consists of a thin saw-tooth cornice . The single apse, divided by two semi-columns, is well conserved and displays the same sobriety and the… 
History Close to the town of Coscogno (of Roman origin), sits the old Romanesque parish church dedicated to Sant’Apollinare. The first document attesting to the presence of the church is from 996, when Sant’Apollinare belonged to the castle of Chiagnano. Its function as parish church was recorded for the first time in 1035. The dedication to a Byzantine martyr from Ravenna has led some scholars to conclude, however, that the church was built before the end of Byzantine domination (7-8th c). Art-Historical Notes The present-day appearance of the church is the result of work from 1648, a date carved on a panel high on the upper part of the building. At that date the façade was reworked and the choir and lateral chapels were built. The façade portal from the 13th century remains in its Romanesque style, surmounted by a rare sculpted lunette from the 11-12th centuries, and embellished by two thin columns with capital and leaves that hold up a cornice decorated by pinnacles, and an architrave with sculpture set inside. The sculpted lunette, from the age of Matilda, depicts a fight between two dear, with one in front of the other and a stylized palm leaf between. The… Design by Brego_Web
