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Municipality of Modena

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Introduction

The City of Modena has in 2008, following the statistics of the Chamber of Commerce 744 cultural enterprises registered with VAT number, more than the third part of those located in the whole Modena provincial area. According to another source of data (ASIA 2006 archive) the enterprises and the professionals working in the cultural field come to 1490 within the town.
Despite of the difference among data, due to the fact that archives count different entities, the enterprises active in the cultural field are small: 77% of the cultural enterprises count on one employee, 93% of them count on four employees. The most predominant categories are the studies of architecture and other technical activities, engineering, publishing and printing, communication agencies, photographic field, software production and artistic handcraft.
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About

Modena is situated between the 44th and 45th parallels. From Modena one can reach Milan in under two hours, Florence in an hourand a half, and Rome in three and a half hours. The Bologna airport, situated 39 km fromModena, serves all the main national and many international routes.The other international airports closeby, Linate and Malpensa and Orio al Serio, are around Milan.

The Romagna Riviera, famous throughout Europe for its beaches and nightclubs, is only an hour a half by automobile or train. Those preferring the mountains can enjoy the 50 km of ski trails in Monte Cimone, the largest skiresort in the Northern Apennines. In addition to skiing, the Apennines (see www.appenninomodenese.net) offer excursions, fun and relaxation, and are only between half an hour and an hour from Modena.The province lies at the centre of the Emilia-Romagna region and extends from north to south over the Po Valley and the Northern Apennines covering a total surface area of 2,689.81 sq. km (12% of the total regional and 0.89% of the total national area). 

With a population of 180,000, Modena is a city where you can enjoy the good life, whether it is through beautiful music, fine cuisine, or the high speed of a sports car. Ferraris and Maseratis can often beseen gliding down the roads of Modena and its surroundings – this is the area where the two legendary car makers are based. After the Second World War, the area was economically depressed and there was very little industry. However, within the space of only fifty years, the city and the province are now acclaimed throughout the world fortheir flourishing and prosperous industrial districts and their cultural events and gastronomy. Today, Modena is one of the most advanced provinces in Europe, ranking 10th in average income percapita in Italy (2007 survey from IlSole 24 Ore - Italy's leading financial daily newspaper). Industrial districts are scattered all around theprovince and are supported bya consolidated network of services andinfrastructures. Sassuolo is the center of the world-renowned districtof tile manufacturing,which accounts for 80% of Italy’s entire tileproduction. One of the world’ most important districts for knitwear andtextiles is around the town of Carpi, while Mirandola is becoming onethe leading European centers for the production of biomedicalequipment. Agriculture and farming are the other important sectors ofModena’slocal economy.

Modena is also rich in architectural treasures such as the Ghirlandina Tower, the Cathedral and Piazza Grande, which was added to the World Heritage list by UNESCOin 1997. Other attractions in the province include Carpi and its renaissance architecture, the Ducal Palace of Sassuolo, and the Nonantola Abbey.

The people of Modena are lovers of the theatre and music. Each year, the province is a stage for more than 1500 live performances and the Fondazione Emilia Romagna Teatro, a foundation for the production and promotion of theatre, has its headquarters in Modena. It is not surprising that Modena is the home town of one of the greatest tenors in history, Luciano Pavarotti. The rich calendar of cultural events held every year in Modena also includes the prestigious Festival of Philosophy, an event attractingtens of thousands of people. The city is also home to a collection which is unique in the world, the Museo della FIgurina, a museum dedicated to stickers which belongs to the City of Modena and the Panini Publishing House, which is also world renown in the area of comic books and gadgets. Modenai s also synonymous with fine cuisine with specialties such as tortellini, zampone, Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, Lambrusco wines, and traditional Balsamic Vinegar. The territory boasts numerous restaurants ranging from those reviewed in the most prestigious guidebooks to quiet, peacefulness with traditional cooking.

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For information on Modena and its surrounding areas consult the Modenatur website

Contact:                                                                                                                                                                           www.comune.modena.it/cultura                                                                                                                                           Ludovica Cottica                                                                                                                                     ludovica.cottica@comune.modena.it                                                                                                                                               tel. 0039 059 203 2976