Country Italy Province / Metropolitan city Modena Demonym(s) Mirandolesi Province Province of Modena Postal code 41037 Dialling code 0535 | Region Emilia-Romagna Elevation 18 m (59 ft) Area 137.1 km² Population 24,035 (2014) Local time Tuesday 12:28 AM | |
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Frazioni Cividale, Gavello, Mortizzuolo, Quarantoli, San Giacomo Roncole, San Martin Carano, San Martino Spino, Tramuschio Weather 6°C, Wind SW at 10 km/h, 69% Humidity | ||
Mirandola (local dialect: La Miràndla) is a city and comune of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, in the Province of Modena, 31 kilometres (19 mi) northeast of the provincial capital by railway.
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Map of 41037 Mirandola, Province of Modena, Italy
History
Mirandola originated as a Renaissance city-fortress. For four centuries it was the seat of an independent principality (first a county, then a duchy), a possession of the Pico family, whose most outstanding member was the polymath Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–94). It was besieged two times: in 1510 and 1551.
It was acquired by the Duchy of Modena in 1710. The city started to decay after the castle was destroyed in 1714.
On 29 May 2012, a powerful earthquake hit the Mirandola area. It killed at least 17 people and collapsed churches and factories. Also 200 were injured. The 5.8 magnitude quake left 14,000 people homeless.