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Casalecchio's name is derived from Casaliculum ("collection of little houses"), and from the presence of the Reno River. The site has archaeological treasures dating from the Paleolithic and Villanovan eras; Celtic and Etruscan remains have also been found.
Dating back to 1208, the Casalecchio Lock immediately represented an excellent means of exploiting the Reno River waters along the Emilia-Romagna plain's territories. Thanks to this unique hydraulic system, Bologna became a first-rate industrial and economic centre at a time when free cities embarked on increasingly pressing and ambitious ...
Casalecchio di Reno. Crossed by the Reno River, Casalecchio di Reno lies between the plains and the foohills of the Emilian Apennines and is a crossing point for the Reno Valley.
Casalecchio di Reno, with its so named river running through it, is nestled between the plains and the first hills of the Emilian Apennines. It is an obligatory point of passage when visiting the Reno Valley.
The Chiusa di Casalecchio (Lock of Casalecchio) stands almost in the middle of the Reno river course: 83 km from its source (on the mount Monte delle Piastre, locality Pruneta, 900 metres above sea level) and 128 km from Torre di Primaro where the river flows into the Adriatic sea after having crossed plains of Bologna, Ferrara and Ravenna.
Casalecchio di Reno lies between the plain and the foothills of the Bolognese Apennines not far from the regional capital Bologna and in the heart of the Reno river valley, from which it takes its name. Its name is of Roman origin: Casaliculum, which in medieval Latin means “small cluster of houses”.
Can you imagine Bologna as a city of water, crossed by a system of canals? It isn’t easy nowadays, is it? Nevertheless, there’s a place where you can go backwards in time and discover the most ancient hydraulic artifact in Europe still in use, the Chiusa di Casalecchio.
