CORREGGIO, POPULATION 26,000, 17 KILOMETERS NORTH EAST OF REGGIO EMILIA, HAS ORIGINS OF LONGOBARDA IMPRESSION. PRIMITIVELY NAMED CORRIGIA, THE AGRICULTURAL CENTER TOOK ITS PRESENT NAME DURING THE SIGNORIA (COUNTY FIRST AND THEN A PRINCEDOM, FROM 1000 TO 1635) AND IN 1559 GOT THE PRIVILEGE FROM THE EMPEROR FERDINAND 1ST OF HABSBURGS TO BE ABLE TO USE THE TITLE OF CITY, MINT ITS MONEY AND PERMISSION TO DRAW UP A CATALOGUE OF THE NOBILITY.
IN 1641 IT WAS ATTACHED TO THE DUCHY OF MODENA AND REGGIO.
AS A RESULT OF THE “WAR OF INDEPENDENCE” IN THE YEAR 1859, AND THE FOLLOWING PLEBISCITE, CORREGGIO, LIKE ALL OF EMILIA, BECAME PART OF THE KINGDOM OF ITALY.
FOR THE SACRIFICES SUFFERED DURING THE PARTISAN CONFLICT, CORREGGIO HAS BEEN DECORATED BY THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC WITH THE DISTINGUISHED MILITARY CROSS.
THE GENIUS LOCI OF THE CITY IS ANTONIO ALLEGRI, IL CORREGGIO, PAINTER BORN IN 1489 FROM FLORENTINE FAMILY, CONSIDERED AMONG THE GREATEST ARTISTS OF HIS CENTURY. HE WORKED MOSTLY IN PARMA.
