Battle of Zappolino
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| Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines |
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| Legnano - Cortenuova - Brescia - Faenza - Viterbo - Parma - Fossalta - Cingoli - Benevento - Montaperti - Tagliacozzo - Campaldino - Zappolino |
The battle is also famous because the Modenese got a bucket as prey from the Bolognese, and never returned it, even when the Bolognese bought back the lost territories. The history of the bucket was told in Alessandro Tassoni's La Secchia Rapita satirical poem.
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