Battle of Zappolino

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Battle of Zappolino

The Battle of Zappolino (also known as the War of the Oaken Bucket) was fought in 1325 between the Italian towns of Bologna

Bologna

Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, in the Po Valley , between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, exactly between the Reno River and the S?vena River....
and Modena

Modena

Modena is a city and a comune on the south side of the Padan Plain, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.An ancient town, it is the seat of an archbishop, but is now best known as "the capital of engines", since the factories of the famous Italian sports car makers Ferrari, De Tomaso, Lamborghini, Pagani and...
. The Modenese were victorious. The location is today a frazione
Frazione

A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere....
of the municipality of Castello di Serravalle

Castello di Serravalle

Castello di Serravalle is a comune in the Province of Bologna in the Italy region Emilia-Romagna, located about 25 km southwest of Bologna....
, Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna is an administrative Regions of Italy of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of 20,124 km? and about 4.3 million inhabitants....
.

The battle is also famous for the wooden bucket that the Modenese took as spoils from Bologna. This unusual booty was venerated in Modena in remebrance of the victory.

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