Italy: a handbook for travellersFirst Part (Nothern Italy) . (reoferuj) tilt von. AVaSjiPT- &. Debrs, Leipzig Cathedral. MODENA. 48. Route. 329 Modena (100 ft.), a town with 31,000 inhab., situated in a fertileplain between the Secchia and the Panaro, formerly the capital ofthe duchy of that name, and now that of a province of the Emiliaand the see of an archbishop, possesses broad streets, spacious ar-cades, a university, and an academy of art. Modena, the ancient Mutina, in the dominions of the Gallic Boii,became a Roman colony in 183, and, being situated on the high-road from R
Italy: a handbook for travellersFirst Part (Nothern Italy) . (reoferuj) tilt von. AVaSjiPT- &. Debrs, Leipzig Cathedral. MODENA. 48. Route. 329 Modena (100 ft.), a town with 31,000 inhab., situated in a fertileplain between the Secchia and the Panaro, formerly the capital ofthe duchy of that name, and now that of a province of the Emiliaand the see of an archbishop, possesses broad streets, spacious ar-cades, a university, and an academy of art. Modena, the ancient Mutina, in the dominions of the Gallic Boii,became a Roman colony in 183, and, being situated on the high-road from Rome to Mediolanum (Milan), was a place of some the murder of Csesar, Brutus was besieged here by Antony forfour months, Dec. 44 to April 43 (Bellum Mulinense); but the latterwas defeated by Octavian with the consuls Pansa and Hirtius, and forcedto raise the siege. — In the middle ages Modena belonged to the estatesof the Countess Matilda, but eventually obtained its independence andbecame the scene of violent conflicts between the Guelphs and Ghibel-lines.
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