Cocomaro di Focomorto
Historical data on territory
fractions
The
name of such fraction goes back, as for Cocomaro di Cona, to "cuccuma" in other
words: pot.
The small village develops itself on the left embankment of Volano River and
Guarini remembers that his ancient name was "Pumpkin Valley" and “Coccula Valley". The
church of Cocomaro di Focomorto, whose we already have news since May 11th,
1141, was given by Grifone Bishop to the S. George canons. The church, destroyed
in the 1642, was rebuilt later by the Olivetani monks and in 1790 the baroque
bell tower was done again with the onion shaped dome. It was dedicated to S.
Nicolò. Today we can find inside the church a done well statue of the century
XVI. In the flourishing campaign of this fraction they can see as
the rural settlement of middle Ferrara country had developed in the time: An example is "possessione"
named S. Barbara whose three builders go back to 1785.
Cocomaro
di Cona Historical data on territory
fractions
The name derives from "Cucumarious",
ancient form of Cocumario, pot. The resort is better well-known as "Cocomarino"
(little Cocomaro) whose adds the specification "di Cona" (of Cona), because
was depending on that church. Sources of the built-up area are very ancient,
probably going up again to before 1000 a.c.
The today's village is formed by a few houses risen in the ancient
high-water bed of Volano River and along the right embankment of the river
where, now, the road runs . The little church is dedicated to the
"Assunzione"; at the times of Guarini it was entrusted to the S. George
Olivetani monks and raised at parish in 1632. The interior was beautified a
first time in 1760 and in 1763; while the elegant bell tower in his
simplicity, goes up again to 1892. Once it was a palace called "la
Camerina", of property of the Marquis of Verano da Camerino and, in
succession, property of Strozzi family, Bentivoglio family and Lombardi
family. Luxuriant orchards are in the countrysides. The country festival is
on August 15th.
Once Padoa River was the main branch of Po River, but in the VII
century a.c. it began its slow and uncontrollable extinction. A
flood near Ferrara took to the birth of two new branches: Primaro Po
and Volano Po.
During the VII century a.c., Gaurus River, a branch of Volano which
will be active for all the Middle Ages, developed. In the century IX
the mouth of Gaurus hold the zone where town of Mesola is now; while
towards South the consolidation of the coast cord from Massenzatica
to the Delta Of Po di Volano stabilized. In XII century
Primaro and Volano, hanging rivers (see subsidence), caused frequent
disastrous floods which culminated, in the 1152, with the large
flood Of Ficarolo and the birth of the current main branch of Po.
New watercourse, consequent to the flood of Ficarolo, determined in
the centuries always smaller efficiency of the Po di Volano and Po
di Primaro. The new Po di Ficarolo in the 1300's flowed close to
Donada (near today's Rovigo) and began the formation of new mouth,
that, in the centuries, will shape the modern Po mouth. Between the
XIII and XVI century the "Po di Ariano", a branch of new "Po di
Ficarolo" passing for Ariano (today Po di Goro), was articulated in
two branches: that one properly said of Goro, towards north, and
that one "dell'Abate" towards south, between which the island of
Mesola was comprised. Cocomaro di Cona and Cocomaro di Focomorto are
separated from the "Po di Volano" and they rise on the embankments
of Volano River. They are connected by a one way Bailey Bridge.
Subsidence is the
progressive lowering of the ground, due to natural factors
or artificial factors as human activity. The natural subsidence is identified as a general process which determined
millenary evolution of the eastern Po territory. It's not only caused
from the spontaneous compaction (decrease of volume) of the inconsistent
sediments (especially slimes, clays and peats) caused by the weight of
the overhanging ones, but also from the movements of the rocky
substratum. The natural subsidence caused, in the Po plain, the sinking
of big amounts of materials, abreast with sedimentation, up to the
formation of deposits of thousands meters of thickness. To not be
forgotten, always as subsidence consequence, flooding by sea waters
of emerged territories with the formation of coastal ponds and lagoons (for
example, Comacchio Valley). Phenomena of
subsidence, also of remarkable entity, are to attribute at human
activity: artificial subsidence. They are hardly always extensive
ground surface yieldings due to fluid or solid substances extraction
from the subsoil; but it can be also becouse of the compressible layer
compaction under strong and extensive load action. The artificial
subsidence had remarkable effects in East Padania: permanent lowering
of the phreatic surface, caused by the reclamation of the swampy grounds,
by interventions connected to agriculture and phenomena of chemical
alteration of underground waters, especially of the phreatic water. Sea
erosion processes combined with the artificial subsidence and the river
sedimentary crisis had almost completely halted increasing
of the Delta Of Po in the last forty years.
From Liceo Ariosto "Unpodiparco"
