CARPI, a town and episcopal see of Emilia, Italy, in the prov ince of Modena, 9m. N.N.W. by rail from the town of Modena. Pop. (1921) 11,272 (town), 30,675 (commune). It is the centre of a fertile agricultural district. Carpi contains several Renais sance buildings of interest, the façade of the old cathedral (an early Romanesque building), the new cathedral (after 1513), the nave of S. Niccolo and a palace, all by Baldassare Peruzzi : while the prince's palace (with a chapel containing frescoes by Bernar dino Loschi of Parma, 1489-154o) and the colonnades opposite the theatre are good. These, and the fortifications, are all due to Alberto Pio of Carpi, a pupil of Aldus Manutius.