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Emilia Romagna
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Half of Emilia Romagna territory is formed by the Apennines; the other half is a large
plain, which reaches to the Adriatic Sea. The coastline is flat and sandy, with a typical lagoon and marshy area
(the Valley of Comacchio).
Cities:
The regional capital is Bologna. Other important cities are Parma,
Ferrara, Modena, Piacenza, Ravenna, Forlì, Reggio Emilia.
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Art:
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Important Roman traces can be found in Rimini and in Ravenna, capital of the Western
Roman Empire in the fifth and sixth centuries A.D., with its magnificent monuments of the Christian-Byzantine period
(the exquisite mosaics). Examples of the Romanesque Longobard style can be found in the Cathedrals of Modena, Piacenza
e Ferrara; the Baptistery of Parma offers the visitors some important sculptural works. Piacenza and Bologna have
valuable examples of Gothic style, but also of the Renaissance and Baroque styles.
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Museums:
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In Bologna: the Pinacoteca Nazionale,
with three sections devoted to
painting, from the fourteenth to the
eighteenth century; the Museum of
Industrial Art, which exhibits
furniture, objects and sacred
relics, from the sixteenth to the
eighteenth century; the Civic
Archaeological Museum, which houses
very interesting prehistoric and
Etruscan relics. Ferrara has the
Cathedral’s Museum, which holds
sacred relics, paintings and
sculptures; the Civic Museum, which
displays bronze, ceramics and
frescoes. Ravenna, ancient link between the Roman and the Byzantine worlds, has the National Museum with
many relics of the Roman and Early Christian Age; the Archiepiscopal Museum with an interesting collection of works
from the Ancient Cathedral.
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To be visited:
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In Ravenna: the splendid Mausoleum
of Galla Placidia, erected in the
fifth century A.D. and the tomb of
the great poet Dante.
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Parma
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