Castelnovo ne' Monti

The Pietra di Bismantova (literally Stone of Bismantova) is a geological formation (monadnock or inselberg) in the Reggiano Apennines, in the comune of Castelnovo ne' Monti, province of Reggio Emilia, Northern Italy, c. 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Reggio Emilia. It has the shape of a narrow, quasi-cylindrical plateau (measuring 1 km x 240 m) whose steep walls emerge 300 metres (980 ft) as an isolated spur from the nearby hills. The top has an elevation of 1,047 metres (3,435 ft) above sea level. It is included in the National Park of the Appennino Tosco-Emiliano. The spur is composed of yellowish calcarenite over a marl basement, all formed in the Miocene as a sea bottom. It includes fossils belonging to a tropical environment. It is surrounded by woods, mostly of hazel trees (Corylus avellana). The Pietra di Bismantova is mentioned by Dante Alighieri in his Divine Comedy (Purgatory, IV, 25-30).

Gombio is a frazione of the comune of Castelnovo ne' Monti, in the province of Reggio nell'Emilia, in the region of Emilia Romagna.The population is estimated at around 66 inhabitants. The village is located 584 meters (1,916 ft) above sea level.

Villa Minozzo (Reggiano: La Vìla da Mnòcc) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of Bologna and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Reggio Emilia.

Vetto (Reggiano: Vèt) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Bologna and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southwest of Reggio Emilia. Vetto borders the following municipalities: Castelnovo ne' Monti, Canossa, Neviano degli Arduini, Palanzano, Ventasso.

Busanella is a hamlet (frazione) of the Italian Municipality of Carpineti, in the province of Reggio Emilia. The whole frazione, with other small hamlets, is also known as San Biagio, from the name of the parish church, which was a filial church of the pleban church of Carpineti. Busanella is located in the Apennines mountains, near the river Tresinaro. The hamlet is first named in a document of the year 1240. In the neighbourhood there are other small hamlets (località), among them Frombolara, an ancient possession of the benedictine monks of the abbey of Marola, Pignedolo and Cantigalli. Under the Este rule Busanella was a county of the Duchy of Reggio, feud of the count Orazio Malaguzzi, of the family of the poet Ludovico Ariosto. Busanella, together with other hamlets of the frazione, counts about 170 inhabitants.

The Oratorio di Beleo is a rural Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic chapel-church located in the frazione of Beleo, outside of the town of Casina, province of Reggio Emilia, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.

Ventasso is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna. It was established on 1 January 2016 by the merger of the municipalities of Busana, Collagna, Ligonchio and Ramiseto.

Casina (Montanaro: Caṡîna [kaˈziːna]; Reggiano: Caṡèina [kaˈzɛi̯na]) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Emilia, in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 70 kilometres (43 miles) west of Bologna and about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of Reggio Emilia. The municipality of Casina contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Banzola, Barazzone, Beleo, Bergogno, Bettola, Bocco, Boschi, Braglio, Brugna, Casaleo, Casetico, Castignola, Ciolla, Cortogno, Costaferrata, Crocicchio, Faieto, Giandeto Straduzzi, Il Monte, La Ripa, Leguigno Faggeto, Lezzolo, L'Incrostolo, Migliara-Boastra, Molino di Cortogno, Monchio l'Axella, Montale, Montata, Paullo Chiesa, Sordiglio, Strada-Fabbrica, Trazara, and Villa Bonini. Casina borders the following municipalities: Carpineti, Castelnovo ne' Monti, Canossa, Vezzano sul Crostolo, Viano. The restored Oratorio di Beleo is located in the frazione of Beleo.

Carpineti (Reggiano: Carpnèida [karpˈnɛi̯da], locally Carpnéda) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of Bologna and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of Reggio Emilia. Carpineti borders the following municipalities: Baiso, Casina, Castelnovo ne' Monti, Toano, Viano, Villa Minozzo.

Tempietto del Petrarca is commemorative structure near the river Enza in Selvapiana, that is an hamlet in the municipality of Canossa in the Province of Reggio Emilia, Italy. The structure was built to recalls the stay here by Petrarch during 1343, when he was hosted by the condottiero Azzo da Correggio. Construction of the charming tempietto (small temple or chapel, although secular) was begun in 1839 during the flourishing of Romanticism's attachment to classical literature, and completed in a few years. It houses a marble statue of Petrach by Tommaso Bandini, and ceiling frescoes by Francesco Scaramuzza.

Ramiseto is a frazione of the comune (municipality) of Ventasso in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 90 kilometres (56 mi) west of Bologna and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) southwest of Reggio Emilia. It was a separate comune until 1 January 2016.

Pieve di Sant’Ambrogio is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic parish church or pieve located in the neighborhood of Bazzano in Neviano degli Arduini in the region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.