The oldest document in which Cella is mentioned dates back to 1006 in an act initialled "Actum in... loco Cella" for the emphyteusis of several assets of the Abbey of Nonantola to which it was subject (1). Since 1037 Arimondo del fu Bonifacio of the County of Parma donated to the Monastery of St. Prospero of Reggio the assets in his possession in the locality (2). The castle had existed since 1055 and more clearly in a map of 1058 in the donation of assets to the Cathedral of Reggio made by Ardoino count of the County of Parma undersigned "Actum in castro quod vocatur Cella" (3).The castle is named in a Bull of Paschal III of 1112 together with the Church and in a placito of 1136 as belonging to the Monks of Nonantola, to which they are confirmed again in 1191. At the end of the twelfth century the abbot Boniface alienated church, castle and property to the Bishop of Reggio that despite subsequent controversies kept the lordship (4). From the thirteenth century Cella and its court belonged to the Bishop as was sanctioned by Frederick II in 1224 the "corticellam quondam que Cella dicitur" (5). The Church of S. Silvestro was rebuilt in 1231 by Bishop Nicolò Maltravesi and raised to the rank of parish. In the mid-fifteenth century was built the rectory and restored the church which lacked part of the roof.In 1575 a new roof armor was ordered but the work was not carried out if in 1593 the church is considered an indecent place. In 1622 it is called "walled, suffixed with board and table" and in the Visit of Bishop Marliani of 1664 "antiquae, scandulatae and structurae". In this period it was a single nave with paintings and facing west. Since 1637 the purpose of the construction of a new church dates back but only in 1681 it was possible to lay the foundations of the building providing also for the restoration of the rectory. The tower was raised, in Doric order, in 1650 at the expense of Dr. Gattinari (6). The church is located about 1 Km. north of the Via Emilia and you can refer to the description in its file. The City of Cella appears in 1447 (7).In the Estimo of 1458-1459 it included 72 men. At the end of the eighteenth century the inhabitants were 1071 (8). Since 1815 it is aggregated to the Town Hall (9). At the deviation of the road towards the ancient parish, with the Via Emilia, there is a nineteenth-century majesty, a pilaster, with triangular frontispiece. In the town, the unitary cadastre of 1880 notes the villa Ferrari, then Saccani and now Bonini.It’s a nineteenth-century quadrangular-shaped casino on two levels with a four-pitched roof. A thin string cord delimits the main floor with a central balcony. On the border towards the east there is a rural building with juxtaposed elements; the rustic is located to the north with a six-light architrave porch and a two-pitched roof. The civil part appears structurally autonomous with compact volume with a square base and covered with four layers. Analogous building, missing of the rustic, is observable to little distance.