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Partecipanza Agraria di Nonantola

Nonantola (MO) · Emilia-Romagna · Italy

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The Partecipanza Agraria di Nonantola has managed around 765 hectares of collective, undivided land north of the town since a concession dating from 1058. Every twelve years the plots are drawn by lot among the families descended from the first beneficiaries, who can farm them, lease them or hand them back to the institution itself. An 1894 law recognised it as a moral entity, but its logic remains that of a living medieval custom.

Led by
Ente moral de derecho publico, gestionado por familias partecipanti originarias
Status
Active
Participation
Vernacular
Visitable
Si, sede con exposicion permanente y acetaia visitables con cita previa
Contact
partecipanza.nonanto@libero.it
Last reviewed
1 September 2026

Verification

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