title: Fanano
text: # Fanano
  
  Fanano (Frignanese: Fanân) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) southwest of Bologna and about 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of Modena.
  
  Fanano borders the following municipalities: Cutigliano, Fiumalbo, Lizzano in Belvedere, Montese, San Marcello Piteglio, Sestola.
  
  It is located in the Modenese Apennines. The Monte Cimone is in its territory.
  
  ## Main sights
  
  * Watch tower
  * San Silvestro, a Baroque church
  * San Colombano, another church
  * Oratorio della Beata Vergine delle Grazie
  * Santa Chiara
  * San Francesco
  * San Giuseppe Sposo di Maria
  * Santa Chiara
  
  ## People
  
  * Italo Bortolotti, painter
  * Felix Pedro, born in the small village of Trignano, part of the comune of Fanano.
  
  ## Sister cities
  
  * Fairbanks, United States
  