Ganaceto: Cycle Path, Pieve and Rural Culture

Ganaceto offers several ways to plan your trip: a cycle and walking path south of the town centre, the Romanesque Pieve di San Giorgio, and agricultural themes at I Gelsi. If you are looking for a hotel for a stay in Ganaceto, these interests can help you decide how you would like to spend your time locally. The themes range from practical route guidance and medieval architectural history to rural culture and production.

Cycle and walking path south of the town centre

South of the town centre, a new section of the cycle and walking path connects Stradello Lenzini, along the Strada Nazionale per Carpi, with the existing cycle and walking path. This runs from Via Forghieri to the boundary of the Municipality of Modena at Appalto di Soliera. The Ganaceto cycle and walking path also crosses the Canale di Ganaceto via a prefabricated reinforced-concrete pedestrian bridge. If you would like to explore Ganaceto on foot or by bicycle, you can include this local route in your plans.

The architectural history of the Pieve di San Giorgio

The Pieve di San Giorgio is a Romanesque church built in the first half of the 12th century on the foundations of an older chapel. Its history also includes its destruction at the beginning of the 14th century: the apses and the first adjoining arcades survived and were incorporated into the 15th-century reconstruction under Duke Borso d’Este. The building’s history thus shows how individual structural elements survived in a later reconstruction. A striking detail inside is the holy water stoup, decorated with fantastic creatures and winged sirens. The Pieve appeals both to travellers interested in its different construction phases and to those who notice figurative details. If you would like to visit the church, check current access arrangements beforehand.

I Gelsi: museum and agriculture

I Gelsi’s educational programme includes the “Piccolo Museo della civiltà contadina,” a small museum of rural culture. The farm grows pears, apples, melons and tomatoes. I Gelsi also provides equipment and premises where visitors can make tomato passata, grape must reduced for balsamic vinegar, pickled foods, various preserves and cured meats, among other things. I Gelsi thus brings together an educational focus on rural culture and practical examples of cultivation and processing. If you are planning to use the premises or equipment, check the arrangements directly with I Gelsi beforehand.

Getting to I Gelsi

Coming from Modena, take the Modena–Carpi state road to reach I Gelsi. After the village of Ganaceto, turn left onto Via Gherlino and, at the fork, turn right onto Strada Canalazzo. Follow it for about 800 metres. The directions give a clear sequence of road names and an approximate distance for the final stretch.

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