Scandiano is a town and comune

Comune

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in Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna

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, in the northeast part of Italy

Italy

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 country, near Reggio nell'Emilia city and Secchia river . It had some 24,700 inhabitants as of 31 March 2009.

Notable natives of Scandiano are: poet Matteo Maria Boiardo

Matteo Maria Boiardo

Matteo Maria Boiardo was an Italian Renaissance poet.Boiardo was born at, or near, Scandiano ; the son of Giovanni di Feltrino and Lucia Strozzi, he was of noble lineage, ranking as Count of Scandiano, with seignorial power over Arceto, Casalgrande, Gesso, and Torricella...

, whose family ruled Scandiano in the fifteenth century; biologist Lazzaro Spallanzani

Lazzaro Spallanzani

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, who lived in the eighteenth century.

Since the 1960s, the town has been an important centre of tiles production, connected to the district of Sassuolo

Sassuolo

Sassuolo is an important industrial centre of the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The town stands on the right bank of the river Secchia some 17 km south-west of Modena.-History :...

.

Twin towns

Blansko

Blansko

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, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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, since 1964 Tubize

Tubize

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, Belgium

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, since 1975 Almansa

Almansa

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, Spain

Spain

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, since 1989