Attractions and Places To See around San Pietro In Casale - Top 20

Historic building overlooking the road connecting Bentivoglio to Castel Maggiore

Frabboni_ Privileged residence of the Marquis Carlo Alberto Pizzardi, Palazzo Rosso originally served as a manor house but also as the administrative headquarters of a large agricultural and proto-industrial company called "Tenuta Pizzardi". The building was built at the behest of Pizzardi between 1890 and 1893, based on a design by the municipal engineer of Bentivoglio Guido Lisi. ... Palazzo Rosso is an incredible residence, to be observed calmly and discovered little by little. The gaze runs and rests on its external walls, made of vermilion-coloured bricks, to linger on valuable decorative details and to perceive ever-new elements, in a game of discovery and amazement. The privileged point for contemplating the building is on the left bank of the Navile canal, immersed in nature and surrounded by beauty. From there the palace appears at the center of a suggestive and unreal postcard composition, which thanks to the perspective vision includes the mill building and the castle walls. In front of the observer, an evergreen magnolia rises majestically and only partially reveals the volume of the building, a building that rises on three floors and develops longitudinally. Behind the magnolia it is possible to observe the southern façade of the building, in which there is a window adorned with terracotta and preceded by an elegant double loggia that extends towards the canal. ... (Source: https://palazzorossobentivoglio.it/leditore/ )

This slender and imposing complex stands out among the cultivated fields of the plain between Bologna and Ferrara which, next to the classic bell tower, flanks a majestic German neo-Gothic style church with a 44 meter high dome. The church was built starting in 1894 based on a design by the engineer. Francesco Gualandi of Bologna in collaboration with his son Giuseppe and completed in 1933. The Gothic-floral style is certainly not common for the area and for the time of construction, however it certainly makes it a source of architectural interest. ... (Source: https://www.parrocchiasantamariavenezzano.com/tradition/ )

The protected natural area of the Ex Risaia di Bentivoglio, also known by the name of Oasi La Rizza, is located in the northern part of the municipal territory and located in that part of the plain affected, in the recent past, by the cultivation of rice: the area of the former rice fields. Before the rice fields, in historical times, still in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the entire area was characterized by marshy land that flooded during the periodic flooding of the rivers, which were then poorly or not at all dammed. ... Once the rice farming activity ended, the agricultural landscape was replaced by dry crops such as wheat, beetroot, corn ... The nineties saw a small but substantial revolution in this monoculture landscape, thanks to the provision of community contributions in 1998 what was an anonymous triangle of fields was transformed into the natural area we know today, through environmental restoration interventions natural features typical of the plain. ... (Source: https://www.oasilarizza.it/it-it/oasi/rubriche/il-territorio-e-la-sua-storia-3181-1-7111ab2cdc775bb24e1c1cd44521fd51 )

The Giovannina castle (or villa) is located on the border between the municipalities of Cento and San Giovanni in Persiceto. It owes its name to the rich benefactor who wanted its construction and today ceremonies, weddings and conferences are held there. Inside, there are numerous rooms frescoed at the beginning of the seventeenth century by Guercino, a painter born in Cento.

Forty hectares of wetlands and woods where you can observe lots of birdlife. A perfect place for bird watching or fish watching. There is also a shed with glass under the water to observe the habitat. This can be the perfect place to stop. A restaurant-hostel is open on Saturday and Sunday.

There is also a small fountain just outside the church

A miniature castle