Sasso Marconi

Sasso Marconi (Emilian: Al Sâs) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It lies in the lower valley of the Reno, about 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-southwest of Bologna, at the northern edge of the Bolognese Apennines. The municipality is closely associated with Guglielmo Marconi, the Italian inventor and pioneer of wireless telegraphy. Marconi carried out his early wireless experiments at Villa Griffone, the family residence at Pontecchio Marconi, now part of the Marconi Museum and Mausoleum complex. Beyond its Marconi heritage, Sasso Marconi is notable for its position at the threshold between Bologna and the Apennines, for the Roman aqueduct of the Setta, for historic complexes such as Palazzo de' Rossi and Colle Ameno, and for the sandstone landscape of the Contrafforte Pliocenico.