On January the 31th the city of Modena celebrates its Patron Saint, San Geminiano.
Curiosities and traditions
The monument recalls the legend of the birth of tortellini. Alessandro Tassoni, an important local writer, tells that one day a beautiful woman, (people said that she was, indeed, goddess Venus) came to the tavern “Corona” in Castelfranco.
Calculation of the Lunario (Almanac) can be described as an annual handbook outlining one's daily destiny by the moon and stars.
This small prison, located in the Torrione in Spilamberto, tells the story of Messer Filippo