The best city hikes and walks in Casse Di Espansione Fiume Panaro

Iconic point of Castelnuovo

The recommended starting point for this itinerary is undoubtedly the monumental Fontana dei due Fiumi located in Largo Garibaldi, which was activated in 1938 on the occasion of the entry into operation of the new city aqueduct. Considered the artist's most prestigious intervention, intended to embellish the eastern entrance to the city, this creation is composed of a series of circular travertine basins and two bronze figures, one female and one male, which respectively symbolize the Secchia and Panaro rivers. The male figure, facing east in correspondence with the river, is represented by a powerful young man who pours water from a jar while holding a tree branch in one hand. The female figure, on the other hand, is a young woman, a symbol of fertility, facing the city and carrying a bundle of ears of corn on her shoulder from which a jet of water comes out. Very suggestive and certainly imposing, this fountain is also worth a visit in the evening when it is expertly illuminated by spectacular beams of light. (c) https://www.visitmodena.it/it/scopri-modena/itinerari-e-percorsi/le-fontane-di-giuseppe-graziosi/le-fontane-del-graziosi/la-fontana-dei-due-fiumi

Maserati's heart is firmly located in Modena, where it has its historic headquarters, where the cars in its range are developed and tested (Maserati Innovation Lab), and where the new super sports car is to be built. For Maserati, Modena is the place where it has an 80-year history of building extraordinary cars, all unmatched in their luxury, elegance, style, performance and quality, and sold in more than 70 markets. Maserati and Modena share 81 years of history: following the acquisition of the Brand by the Orsi family, work to prepare the new Maserati headquarters got under way at the end of September 1939 with the construction of the production lines for the realisation of new models. Maserati, founded in 1914 by Alfieri Maserati with his brothers Ettore and Ernesto, thus moved from Bologna (Pontevecchio) to Modena, where the Orsi family's businesses were based, to build new cars, invest in research and innovation and become Modena's most globally recognised Brand. The production site on Viale Ciro Menotti, where the plant and Headquarters are still located, officially opened its doors on 1 January 1940. Some of the most important and ground-breaking cars in automotive history were produced at the Viale Ciro Menotti plant, including the 250 F, an icon in the history of Formula 1, world champion in 1954 and 1957, and the Quattroporte, the first sedan to be fitted with a high-performance engine. From 1939 to 2019, around 90,000 road cars and 420 racing cars were built, and today the plant is still the heart of the Brand’s operations, employing approximately 600 people. Inside the gates of the Viale Ciro Menotti plant, the most recent part, built at the start of the new millennium, comprises the showroom, the offices and the employees’ car park, while the historic section, dating from the late 1930s, houses the production areas: the assembly lines, the testing area, the finishing shop, the Engine Lab and the Brand new paintshop, a completely fresh addition to the plant, with innovative, environment-friendly technologies. In 2020 the Modena site becomes the heart of the Maserati new Era; as the location of the production line of the new Maserati MC20 super sports car, ambassador for the new phase in the history of the Brand, the state-of-the-art painting line, and the area dedicated to the development and assembly of the new Maserati Nettuno engine. (c) https://www.maserati.com/gb/en/news/mmxx/maserati-headquarters-modena

The cycle bridge outside Modena offers a safe and scenic passage for cyclists, immersed in the greenery of the Modena countryside, perfect for a relaxing ride.

in memory of the partisans of the working-class and industrial district, where there was also a strong GAP formation. In 1950, the six were victims of the Riunite foundry massacre, where the police shot into a protesting crowd. https://www.pietredellamemoria.it/pietre/monumento-di-via-ciro-menotti-modena/

Monument erected in 1984 to the members of the Acqui Division, which was stationed in Cefalonia and Corfu (Greece) in September 1943 and offered armed resistance to disarmament by German troops. Many of them were massacred after the surrender. https://www.anpimodena.it/monumento-alla-divisione-acqui/

Municipality of around 33,000 inhabitants in the province of Modena, bordering Bologna, Castelfranco Emilia has been inhabited since pre-Roman times, when the Ligurians and then the Etruscans settled there. Renowned for being the home of tortellini and with some splendid museums such as the archaeological one, Castelfranco owes its name to the medieval foundation of the "Borgo Franco" (or "Castello Franco") by the people of Bologna in 1226, who built a fortified settlement to defend themselves by the people of Modena.

This cycle/pedestrian walkway allows you to cross the Panaro river between Modena and Castelfranco Emilia, shortly after the confluence with the Tiepido. It is located on Via Romea Nonantolana Occidentale and is surrounded by greenery.