Riana
Place:
Riana - 42033 Carpineti
How to get there:
Accessibility
It's about 1 km from the administrative capital. From there you take a communal road that leads directly to the location.
It's about 1 km from the administrative capital. From there you take a communal road that leads directly to the location.
Tourist Area:
Apennines
Geographic Area:
Matildic zone
Analytical text:
Description
The hamlet, developed within a basin to the left of the brook of the same name, has an undifferentiated urban plan, arranged around two centers with towers.
The most antique part of the hamlet presents a praiseworthy tower – house belonging to the end of the 16th century. The eastern and southern sides are in part conserved, notwithstanding alterations of a few windows. The three angular ashlars bear decorative motifs constituted by a semi-spherical incision, a squared ashlar and further up, a flag with two points in relief. Not far off there's a tower attributable to the 17th century, on which other buildings are placed. At the back of the complex there's a small human looking head which is walled in, drowned in the whitewash which hides the original exposed stone surface. In the second group of houses you can see a tower house with double layered roof surface.
The hamlet, developed within a basin to the left of the brook of the same name, has an undifferentiated urban plan, arranged around two centers with towers.
The most antique part of the hamlet presents a praiseworthy tower – house belonging to the end of the 16th century. The eastern and southern sides are in part conserved, notwithstanding alterations of a few windows. The three angular ashlars bear decorative motifs constituted by a semi-spherical incision, a squared ashlar and further up, a flag with two points in relief. Not far off there's a tower attributable to the 17th century, on which other buildings are placed. At the back of the complex there's a small human looking head which is walled in, drowned in the whitewash which hides the original exposed stone surface. In the second group of houses you can see a tower house with double layered roof surface.
Municipality:
CARPINETI
Piazza Matilde di Canossa, 1, 42033 Carpineti (RE)
0522 615019 0522 615020 , 0522 718014
territorio@comune.carpineti.re.it
www.comune.carpineti.re.it
Last update: March 5, 2026