Fossoli
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| Country | Italy |
| Region | File:Flag of Emilia-Romagna (de facto).svg Emilia-Romagna |
| Province | Modena (MO) |
| Comune | Carpi |
| Area | |
• Total | 22.10 km2 (8.53 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 22 m (72 ft) |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 4,404 |
| • Density | 199.3/km2 (516.1/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Fossolesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 41012 |
| Dialing code | (+39) 059 |
Fossoli (Emilian: Fòsel) is an Italian village and hamlet (frazione) of Carpi, a city and municipality of the province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna. It is infamous for the eponymous concentration camp and has a population of about 4400.[1]
History
[edit | edit source]Born as a rural village, Fossoli sadly became infamous during World War II, for the concentration camp located near the settlement. Created in 1942 as a Prisoner of War (PoW) camp, in 1943 it became a concentration camp for Jews, during the Italian Social Republic.[2][3]
Geography
[edit | edit source]Fossoli lies on a plain, next to the Province of Reggio Emilia, between Carpi (5 km south) and Novi di Modena (8 km north). It is crossed by the provincial highway SP413 and, in the west, by the Verona–Mantua–Modena railway, on which stood a station, now closed. The village is 27 km from Modena, 32 from Reggio Emilia, 51 from Mantua, and 68 from Bologna.[4]
Next to Fossoli is located the WWF nature reserve "Oasi La Francesca", a marsh that extends for 23 hectares.[5]
Personalities
[edit | edit source]- Amleto Frignani (1932-1997), footballer
Gallery
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Some barracks of the Fossoli concentration camp in 2010 -
Info point at the entrance of the nature reserve "Oasi La Francesca"
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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b (in Italian) Info at italia.indettaglio.it
- ^ Fossoli transit camp on memorialmuseums.org
- ^ Fossoli concentration camp (World Monuments Fund)
- ^ 1984006621 Fossoli on OpenStreetMap
- ^ (in Italian) Oasi La Francesca website
External links
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