Welcome to Sasso Marconi!
Sasso Marconi is a municipality located between the large cities of Bologna, Modena and Florence.
For those coming from the city, Sasso Marconi represents the natural gateway to the Apennines and the mountain areas, offering visitors very varied landscapes, scents and flavours, offering itself as a starting point to discover the environmental, naturalistic, historical and cultural heritage of the 'Bolognese Apennines.
Sasso Marconi is a treasure chest of small and large treasures which, alongside well-known places and monuments (such as the Rupe, the Mauseleo Marconi, Palazzo De' Rossi or Colle Ameno) there are in fact many emergencies to be discovered and learned about.
Guglielmo Marconi
In Pontecchio Marconi there is Villa Griffone, the paternal house where the young inventor spent a good part of his adolescence and successfully carried out his first experiments in wireless telegraphy. Today Villa Griffone is home to the Marconi Museum; inside, the visitor is led through the fundamental stages of his life.
Street of the Gods
Historical itinerary, to be covered on foot or by mountain bike, which connects Bologna to Florence, crossing the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines. Bologna, with its medieval historic center and its 40 km of porticoes, is the starting point of the journey, Florence, a UNESCO heritage site for its importance in the history of world art, the place of arrival.
Wool and Silk Road
The path connects two historic centers of great value, which have grown over the centuries thanks to the wise management of water: Bologna, the city of the lock and canals, for centuries the capital of silk; and Prato, the city of Cavalciotto, mills and fulling mills, capital of the wool and textile district.
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Itineraries
Itineraries divided into areas that cover the territory of the Municipality of Sasso Marconi and the adjacent localities. Each route represents the great naturalistic, landscape, historical and architectural variety of the area.
Products and manufacturers
Our territory, in addition to naturalistic, historical and cultural emergencies, is rich in food and wine excellence.
For this reason we take you to discover the agricultural and wine-growing companies.
eXtraBo is the information office in Piazza del Nettuno in Bologna where you can find all the proposals for discovering the Apennines .
Via Porrettana 314, 40037 Sasso Marconi
Tel: 051 6758409 - Cell: 334 8334945
info@infosasso.it
