The main square of the city also called Piazza Grande is located on Tuesday and Friday morning of the city market.
On the side you can admire the statue of the Crostolo, comes from the Ducal Villa of Rivalta, where it was already present in 1754. Together with the statues of the rivers Secchia and Panaro it was part of the ornamental complex of the park of the Villa. Some authors attribute it to Giovan Battista Bolognini .
In 1285 the clergy of the Cathedral had a well dug at their own expense, for public profit, at the old palace of the Municipality of Reggio.
This well, which stood closer to the Baptistery than the current fountain, consisted of a marble balcony surmounted by an iron arch from which hung two buckets that alternately served to draw water. In 1770, since the structure was already damaged and, above all, the water was unhealthy, it was decided to build a new more central one, the one where now stands the statue of Crostolo. The Revolution that led to the constitution of the Cispadan Republic, which broke out in August 1796, served as a base for the "Tree of Liberty".At the end of 1700 the Ducal Palace of Rivalta was being plundered. In the park of that palace stood a group of colossal statues representing the three main rivers of the Duchy: Panaro, Secchia and Crostolo. The Municipality of Reggio obtained the ownership of the statues. Two were transferred, where they are still on the shoulder of the Bridge of San Pellegrino; the third the Crostolo, was placed in the city, being vacant the seat on the well of the main square, April 14, 1802.
Currently by the choice of the City Council the statue is illuminated green whenever a state abolishes the death penalty or whenever a convict is pardoned.
See the details of the IAT office in Reggio Emilia