Sasso Marconi

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Comune di Sasso Marconi
Coat of arms of Comune di Sasso Marconi
Municipal coat of arms
Country Flag of Italy Italy
Region Emilia-Romagna
Province Bologna (BO)
Mayor Marilena Fabbri (since June 2004)
Elevation 128 m (420 ft)
Area 96 km2 (37 sq mi)
Population (as of 2003)
 - Total 13,781
 - Density 144/km² (373/sq mi)
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 44°24′N 11°15′E / 44.4, 11.25
Gentilic Sassesi
Dialing code 051
Postal code 40037
Frazioni Borgonuovo, Pontecchio Marconi, Fontana, Capital, Tignano-Roma, Rasiglio-Scopeto, Iano, Lagune, Cinque Cerri
Website: www.comune.sassomarconi.bologna.it

Sasso Marconi is a town and comune of the province of Bologna in northern Italy, 17 kilometres SSW of Bologna.

It is named after Guglielmo Marconi, the radio pioneer, who was born in the nearby city of Bologna. In 1902, Marconi received the first transatlantic radio signal at Poldhu Cove, Cornwall, UK. The name Sasso ("rock") derives from the Pliocenic rock formation called Sasso della Glosina which commands the confluence of the Setta and Reno rivers.

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