Reggio Emilia is a town of North Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 140,000 inhabitans and is the main comune (municipality) of the Province of Reggio Emilia. Emilia-Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. ... In Italy, the commune (comune, plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township. ... The Province of Reggio Emilia is one of the eight provinces of the Italian Region of Emilia-Romagna. ...

Palazzo del Monte in Piazza del Duomo, with the Fountain of River Crostolo

Corso Garibaldi and basilica della Ghiara

The town is also named, more officially, Reggio nell'Emilia The inhabitants of Reggio nell'Emilia (called Reggiani) usually call their town with the simple name of Reggio. In some ancient maps the town is also named Reggio di Lombardia.

The ancient roman name of the town is Regium Lepidi, in honor of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, the founder of the town and of the Roman way Via Emilia, still the main road of the region and giver of the name. Marcus Aemilius Lepidus was a common name for several successive generations of a family in ancient Rome: Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (187 BC) Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (120-77 BC) Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir) (49 BC) Lepidus the Younger Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (consul AD 6) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... Via Aemilia (It. ...

History

The town, before the unity of Italy, was part of the independent Duchy of Modena and Reggio ( Italian: Ducato di Modena e Reggio) The Duchy of Modena (in full, the Duchies of Modena and Reggio) was a small Italian state that existed (with a break between 1796 and 1814) from 1452 to 1859. ...

Piazza San Prospero

The old town has an exagonal form, which derives from the ancient walls, and the main buildings are from XVI - XVIII centuries.

The town is also known for the Reggio Emilia approach in children's education

See also

• Duchy of Reggio

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External links

• Pictures of Reggio Emilia (http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immagini_di_Reggio_Emilia)