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[[File:Tempietto del Petrarca - Canossa, Reggio Emilia, Italy - May 11, 2013 01.jpg|thumb|left|Tempietto del Petrarca]]
'''Tempietto del Petrarca''' is commemorative structure near the river [[Enza]] in Selvapiana, that is an hamlet in the municipality of [[Canossa]] in the [[Province of Reggio Emilia]], [[Italy]]. The structure was built to recalls the stay here by [[Petrarch]] during 1343, when he was hosted by the [[condottieri|condottiero]] [[:it:Azzo_da_Correggio|Azzo da Correggio]].
Construction of the charming tempietto (''small temple or chapel'', although secular) was begun in 1839 during the flourishing of [[Romanticism|Romanticism's]] attachment to classical literature, and completed in a few years. It houses a marble statue of [[Petrarch|Petrach]] by [[Tommaso Bandini]], and ceiling frescoes by [[Francesco Scaramuzza]]. <ref>[http://reggioemiliaturismo.provincia.re.it/Eng/page.asp?IDCategoria=792&IDSezione=4776&ID=95283 Reggio Emilia Turismo] website, entry on Tempietto.</ref>
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