A bit of history:
Pomposa Abbey
The first settlements date back to the VI and VII centuries, when it was still an island surrounded by the waters of the branches of the Po di Goro, the Po di Volano and the sea.
It reached its greatest splendor after the year 1000 thanks also to the abbot Saint Guy.
The monastery was an important center of culture, many amanuensis monks lived there and it hosted illustrious scholars. Among them we stress Guido d'Arezzo, the inventor of the modern musical notation based on the seven notes.
The monastery was suppressed in 1653 by Pope Innocent X and in 1802 it was bought by a Ravenna family.
Currently the complex is managed by the Polo Museale dell’Emilia Romagna.
Comacchio
Its origin dates back to about 2000 years ago and is attributed to Etruscan settlements, as the nearby Etruscan city of Spina.
With the Lombard invasions the Romans lost the territories surrounding the Po Delta.
In the Lombard period the territory was given to the monks of St. Columbanus, thus becoming a fief of the monastery of Bobbio.
In the period between the 6th and 9th centuries Comacchio had one of the most powerful naval fleet in the Adriatic, rival of Venice so much that in 810 Charlemagne used Comacchio ships to attack the Venice Republic.
After various vicissitudes in 1299 it passed under the dominion of the House of Este, remaining there until 1598 when it returned under the jurisdiction of the papal state.
In 1860, following the plebiscites, it was annexed to the Kingdom of Sardinia.
For more info:
wikipedia: l'abbazia di Pomposa
www.ferraraterraeacqua.it: abbazia di Pomposa
borgo-italia: Pomposa abbey
wikipedia: Comacchio
www.ferraraterraeacqua.it: Comacchio
We also provide a link to the Benedictine monk Guido d'Arezzo (also called Guido Pomposiano) considered the creator of modern musical notation:
wikipedia: Guido monaco
Thanks to our friend Massimo for the permission of publishing his images
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