Sasso Marconi

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = SassoMarconi-Stemma.gif
official_name = Comune di Sasso Marconi
region = Emilia-Romagna
province = Bologna (BO)
elevation_m = 128
area_total_km2 = 96
population_as_of = 2003
population_total = 13781
population_density_km2 = 83
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|44|24|N|11|15|E|region:IT_type:city(13781)
frazioni = Borgonuovo, Pontecchio Marconi, Fontana, Capital, Tignano-Roma, Rasiglio-Scopeto, Iano, Lagune, Cinque Cerri
telephone = 051
postalcode = 40037
gentilic = Sassesi
saint =
day =
mayor = Marilena Fabbri (since June 2004)
website = [http://www.comune.sassomarconi.bologna.it www.comune.sassomarconi.bologna.it]

Sasso Marconi is a town and comune of the province of Bologna in northern Italy, 17 kilometres SSW of Bologna.

It is named after Guglielmo Marconi, the radio pioneer, who was born in the nearby city of Bologna. In 1902, Marconi received the first transatlantic radio signal at Poldhu Cove, Cornwall, UK. The name "Sasso" ("rock") derives from the Pliocenic rock formation called Sasso della Glosina which commands the confluence of the Setta and Reno rivers.

Twin cities

*Flagicon|United Kingdom - Helston, Cornwall
*flagicon|France - Sassenage, France
*flagicon|Italy - Siderno, Calabria