Cittaslow
Cittaslow in Emilia-Romagna
5 towns
Emilia-Romagna holds 5 Cittaslow sites inside our catalogue. Most cluster in the Parma, Bologna, and Ravenna provinces.
The three most recognized in our catalogue are Brisighella, Castel San Pietro Terme, and Fontanellato. 2 more towns carry the mark alongside them.
The towns
Brisighella
Province: Ravenna · 115 m
A Lamone-valley borgo at 115 meters under three selenite hills crowned by a fortress, a clock tower, and a sanctuary.
Castel San Pietro Terme
Province: Bologna · 75 m
A 75-meter thermal town east of Bologna, its sulphurous waters in use since 1137.
Fontanellato
Province: Parma · 45 m
A Parma-plain town built around the Rocca Sanvitale, the moated fortress at its center.
Borgo Val di Taro
Province: Parma · 411 m
The Cittaslow capital of the upper Taro valley at 411 meters, where the Fungo di Borgotaro IGP porcini has been protected since 1996.
Santarcangelo di Romagna
Province: Rimini · 42 m
A Via Emilia hill town on the Marecchia plain, with over 150 tufa caves under the centro and a Malatesta fortress on its summit.
From elsewhere in Italy
Five more towns
Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella
Province: Verona
The Valpolicella DOC gateway northwest of Verona, where the Gargagnago frazione anchors Amarone production and a hilltop frazione holds a Lombard-era pieve.
Castagneto Carducci
Province: Livorno
A hilltop borgo at 194 meters above the Costa degli Etruschi, renamed for the poet Carducci in 1907 and the home of Bolgheri and Sassicaia.
Minturno
Province: Latina
A coastal comune at the mouth of the Garigliano, built on the Roman colony of Minturnae.
Teggiano
Province: Salerno
A ridge town at 635 meters above the valley it once named, held by the Sanseverino for three centuries.
Civitacampomarano
Province: Campobasso
The Molisan ghost-borgo of 298 residents that turned its abandoned centro storico into an open-air street-art village.