Novellara
The landscape around Novellara is a flat, cultivated stretch of the Po Plain, which has shaped both the built environment and local life. This small town in the province of Reggio Emilia has a compact centre of brick facades, tiled roofs and straight civic streets. The bell tower of the Collegiata di Santo Stefano is a defining feature of its skyline. From 1371 to 1728, Novellara was the seat of a Gonzaga county, a branch of the dynasty that also ruled nearby Mantua. The Rocca Gonzaga, once the residence of the counts, remains central to the town’s identity. Novellara’s streets retain the ordered scale of an Emilian market town set among productive lowlands.
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Few towns in Emilia-Romagna have a history as closely tied to Gonzaga rule as Novellara. From 1371 until 1728, it was the seat of the County of Novellara and Bagnolo, governed by a cadet branch of the Mantuan dynasty. The Rocca Gonzaga, a fortified complex at the centre of town, remains the clearest architectural reminder of that long period. Novellara stands on the flat Po Plain, south of the Po River, where cultivated fields, canals and drainage works define the lowland setting. Civic life centres on the old town rather than major tourist circuits, giving the place a distinctly local scale. Browse other webcams across Emilia-Romagna to place Novellara in a wider geographic context.
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