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Sasso Marconi
The I Cappucci Farm is located in the village of Borgonuovo, within the municipality of Sasso Marconi.
Sasso Marconi takes its name from the medieval place name “La Rupe” (Sasso di Glosina), which stands at the confluence of the Reno and Setta rivers, and from Guglielmo Marconi, the scientist who invented wireless telegraphy.
Numerous prehistoric human settlements have been identified in this area, a key transit and connecting point between the Apennine and Piedmont regions.
Noteworthy are the remains from the Etruscan era (the grave goods from some tombs are now preserved at the Marzabotto Museum) and the Roman era (the aqueduct dug in the late 1st century BC at the confluence of the Reno and Setta rivers to bring drinking water to Bologna is still functional in some sections).
Throughout the communal era, the territory remained divided into various parts (the Bishopric of Bologna, the fief of Panico, the countryside); it was only with the Bentivoglio rule that the most flourishing period began: the city expanded into the countryside, and the first stately homes of the aristocracy—and later of the urban bourgeoisie—began to spring up.
Artistic life in the following centuries was also particularly vibrant thanks to the presence of important figures such as Francesco Albani, Mastelletta, and Claudio Achillini.
During the Napoleonic era, the municipality of “Praduro e Sasso” was established, and by 1828, the territorial configuration was practically the same as it is today.
The Second World War caused extensive damage to the built environment and resulted in numerous casualties among the population.
Rapid reconstruction and strong industrial and urban development along the Porrettana Road characterized the following decades. Although the gradual abandonment of the countryside and agricultural work profoundly changed the socio-economic fabric of the population, the local community has always been mindful of ensuring that growth did not erase the identity of the places and the distinctive characteristics of the people “of Sasso.”
Given the municipality’s distinct agricultural vocation—made famous for the production of DOC wines from the Colli Bolognesi, specifically the Collinari Marconiane microzone— high-quality wines with a winemaking tradition rooted in environmental, historical, and cultural values of significant economic importance, and noting that the objectives of promoting wine in its territory of origin align with the municipality’s economic and tourism development needs, the City Council, by Resolution No. 38 of April 19, 1999, approved membership in the “National Association of Wine Cities.”