Canossa
Canossa is a comune and castle town in the Province of Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It is where Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV did penance in 1077 and stood three days bare-headed in the snow to reverse his excommunication by Pope Gregory VII.
- Municipality with about 3,760 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 220 metres (720 feet)
- …is also known as “035018”
- Description: Italian comune
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castello di Rossena and IT4030014 - SIC - Rupe di Campotrera, Rossena.
IT4030014 - SIC - Rupe di Campotrera, Rossena
Nature reserve
IT4030014 - SIC - Rupe di Campotrera, Rossena is a nature reserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bazzano and Grassano Chiesa.
Canossa
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Latitude
44.5536° or 44° 33′ 13″ north
Longitude
10.4119° or 10° 24′ 43″ east
Open location code
8FPGHC36+CQ
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Canossa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كانوسا”
- Armenian: “Կանոսա”
- Basque: “Canossa”
- Breton: “Canossa”
- Bulgarian: “Каноса”
- Catalan: “Canossa”
- Cebuano: “Canossa”
- Chechen: “Каносса”
- Chinese: “卡诺莎”
- Czech: “Canossa”
- Dutch: “Canossa”
- Emilian: “Canòsa”
- Esperanto: “Canossa”
- Finnish: “Canossa”
- French: “Canossa”
- German: “Canossa”
- Greek: “Κανόσσα”
- Hebrew: “קנוסה”
- Hungarian: “Canossa”
- Indonesian: “Canossa”
- Interlingua: “Canossa”
- Irish: “Canossa”
- Italian: “Canossa”
- Italian: “Comune di Canossa”
- Japanese: “カノッサ”
- Kazakh: “Каносса”
- Korean: “카노사”
- Kurdish: “Canossa”
- Ladin: “Canossa”
- Latin: “Canusia”
- Lombard: “Canossa”
- Malay: “Canossa”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Canossa”
- Neapolitan: “Canossa”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Canossa”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Canossa”
- Persian: “کانوسا”
- Piemontese: “Canossa”
- Polish: “Kanossa”
- Portuguese: “Canossa”
- Romanian: “Canossa”
- Russian: “Каносса”
- Serbian: “Canossa”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Canossa”
- Silesian: “Canossa”
- Slovak: “Canossa”
- Slovenian: “Canossa”
- South Azerbaijani: “کانوسا”
- Spanish: “Canossa”
- Swedish: “Canossa”
- Tagalog: “Canossa”
- Tatar: “Каносса”
- Turkish: “Canossa”
- Ukrainian: “Каносса”
- Uzbek: “Canossa”
- Venetian: “Canossa”
- Vietnamese: “Canossa”
- Volapük: “Canossa”
- Waray (Philippines): “Canossa”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Casa Chiapponi and Gazzolo.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Monchio delle Olle and Old cemetery of Selvapiana.
Reggio Emilia: Highlights
Learn more about Reggio Emilia and Fabbrico.
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