PARROCCHIA
SAN BARTOLOMEO DI MUSIANO

The church of San Bartolomeo di Musiano (Pianoro) is the remnant of a monastic complex with records dating back to the year 981. With regard to the location of the complex, from its foundation the monastery stood on the Tuscany road, one of the main communication routes between the Po Valley (and the Bologna district in particular) and the southern slopes of the Apennines. This has been amply documented since the 11th Century, but the road has undoubtedly been carrying out its important function of connection with Tuscany since the Dark Ages. It was a strata that, apart from in numerous documents, is recorded from the end of the 11th Century in a map dated
1085, in which between the boundaries of a group of properties purchased from private citizens, we also find the public road qui pergit a Musiliano *. In addition to being a prestigious historic, architectural and artistic heritage site in Pianoro, where the Group has its headquarters, it is also a church of special significance for the Marchesini family. The disastrous condition of the church building calls for urgent major restoration and structural consolidation
works, which the parish is unable to finance without outside help.

*11th century maps of the Bologna district, 1085 March 3, no. 348, pages 697-699.

Zagnoni, R., The San Bartolomeo di Musiano monastery in the Middle Ages (981-1307), previously published In San Bartolomeo di Musiano, Abstracts of the study day (Pianoro, 15 October 2005), “Documents and studies of the Deputation of Italian History for the provinces of Romagna”, XXXVIII), Bologna, at the Deputation of Italian History, 2008, pages 31- 95, disseminated in digital form by Alpes Appenninae - www.alpesappenninae.it