Grignano Polesine
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Grignano Polesine is a frazione
of Rovigo
with 3,000 inhabitants. It is approximately 8 km south of the town centre.
With the name of Grignano di Polesine, assumed in 1867 after the precedent Grignano, it became an autonomous comune
until 1927, when it became a frazione of Rovigo together with Boara Polesine, Borsea, Buso, Concadirame and Sant'Apollinare con Selva.
The number of inhabitants, according to the past censi, was of 2,491 in 1871, 2,734 in 1881, 2,642 in 1901, 2,949 in 1911 and 3,186 in 1921.
, the latters contained the village of Gragnano (the actual Grignano), together with other small agglomerates like Arquà Polesine
, Borsea and Crespino
, still present in the Polesine
.
Each August, a town festival is held.
Frazione
A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...
of Rovigo
Rovigo
Rovigo is a town and comune in the Veneto region of North-Eastern Italy, the capital of the eponymous province. -Geography:...
with 3,000 inhabitants. It is approximately 8 km south of the town centre.
With the name of Grignano di Polesine, assumed in 1867 after the precedent Grignano, it became an autonomous comune
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
until 1927, when it became a frazione of Rovigo together with Boara Polesine, Borsea, Buso, Concadirame and Sant'Apollinare con Selva.
The number of inhabitants, according to the past censi, was of 2,491 in 1871, 2,734 in 1881, 2,642 in 1901, 2,949 in 1911 and 3,186 in 1921.
History
The first evidences of the originary built-up area of Grignano are documented by some papers of 938, related to a donation by the marquess Almerico and his wife Franca, in which they left all the possessions in the territory of AdriaAdria
Adria is a town and comune in the province of Rovigo in the Veneto region of Northern Italy, situated between the mouths of the rivers Adige and Po....
, the latters contained the village of Gragnano (the actual Grignano), together with other small agglomerates like Arquà Polesine
Arquà Polesine
Arquà Polesine is a comune in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 70 km southwest of Venice and about 7 km southwest of Rovigo...
, Borsea and Crespino
Crespino
Crespino is a comune in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 km southwest of Venice and about 12 km southeast of Rovigo...
, still present in the Polesine
Polesine
Polesine is a geographic and historic area in the north-east of Italy corresponding nowadays with the province of Rovigo; it is a strip of land about 100-km long and 18-km wide located between the lower courses of the Adige and the Po rivers.- Geography :...
.
Monuments and points of interest
- Chiesa Parrocchiale di Santa Maria AssuntaAssumption of MaryAccording to the belief of Christians of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of the Anglican Communion and Continuing Anglicanism, the Assumption of Mary was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her life...
e San Benedetto (Parish church of Santa Maria Assunta and San BenedettoBenedict of NursiaSaint Benedict of Nursia is a Christian saint, honored by the Roman Catholic Church as the patron saint of Europe and students.Benedict founded twelve communities for monks at Subiaco, about to the east of Rome, before moving to Monte Cassino in the mountains of southern Italy. There is no...
) - Chiesa di San Rocco (The Church of San RoccoRochSaint Roch or Rocco ; lived c.1348 - 15/16 August 1376/79 was a Christian saint, a confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August; he is specially invoked against the plague...
) - Il Pavajon
Each August, a town festival is held.
Further reading
- Brevi cenni sulla parrochia di Grignano polesine provides a brief history of the town from 938 CE, when it first appears in the records, up to the 1960s.