Bagnoli di Sopra
The name of Bagnoli derives from “balneoli”, a term that indicated the presence of marshes in the territory, and in fact, before Roman times, this part of the Po Valley was
Bagnoli di Sopra
The name of Bagnoli derives from “balneoli”, a term that indicated the presence of marshes in the territory, and in fact, before Roman times, this part of the Po Valley was an immense expanse of water, remaining so for centuries until the territory was completely reclaimed, starting from the Middle Ages. The specification “sopra”, which means “above” is a reference to the fact that Bagnoli’s main residential area was originally located in what is today the fraction of “Bagnoletto”, then called “Bagnoli di Sopra” as it is located at a higher level than the rest of the territory, which was submerged by marshes.
The first document mentioning Bagnoli dates back to 954 and is the deed of donation with which Almerico II, a Lombard duke, donated his “curte di Bagnolo” to the monks of the SS. Trinità and San Michele Arcangelo of Brondolo; at the time it was only a small village, where for some centuries there had been a small church consecrated to St. Michael, and the convent was built by the same monks only in the year 1000. The