Montefiorino

Montefiorino

56 kilometres outside Modena, Montefiorino, the main town in the Upper Secchia Valley, sits in beautiful natural surroundings dominated by the peaks of Mount Cimone and Mount Cusna. Its imposing fortress is the town’s symbolic monument, today as in its glorious past.
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