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- ↑ In 1417, the Valeri had been made lords of the county of Baganzola by Filippo Maria Visconti. Valerio was a grandfather of Lodovico Ariosto.Archivio di Stato di Reggio, entry on Malaguzzi Valeri.
- ↑ Reconstruction also led by Ercole Munari and Simone Resti. Citta di Reggio entry.
- ↑ Tourism office of Reggio Emilia
- ↑ Citta di Reggio San Girolamo.
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