Verucchio has an old soul, ennobled by the presence of a civilization still mysterious but, judging by the evidence left, among the most extraordinary in Italy. A pre-Etruscan people that settled here between XI and VI Century B.C. in thriving
communities ruled by "Shepherd Princes". These people were related to one of the big centres of Villanova, near Bologna, but for its richness and the particularity of its archaeological finds archeologists talk about a real
Verucchio Civilization.