Forlì

Forlì is the capital of the Italian province of Forlì -Cesena in the Emilia- Romagna region of northern Italy with 116 029 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012). In the inner city and medieval styles - Fascismo architecture mix.

Location

Forli is located on the eastern foothills of the Apennines on the railway line Bologna - Rimini. About 30 km north- west is the famous Italian circuit of Imola.

History

Forli was founded in 188 BC by the Roman consul Gaius Livius Salinator as a forum Livii. It was located on the Via Emilia.

Forlì ( alttosk. Furli or sometimes Frulli ) under stood since the consolidation of the Papal States, which came to the conclusion in this case 1503/ 04, the direct rule of the Church. Previously, it was the 9th century a free city, assumed in the period up to around 1500 a Vicariate and his family. From 1315 - 1480 it was under the Signoria of Ordelaffi. These were in 1480 at the instigation of Pope Sixtus IV sold, which gave his nephew Girolamo Riario, the county as a papal fief. The Riario Sforza Caterina and remained until their expulsion 1499/1500. Then Forlì was attributable to the ephemeral sphere of Cesare Borgia, before the conquest after the death of Pope Alexander VI. fell into disrepair. The transition to the direct rule of the church took place in 1503 / 04, as an attempt to return Ordelaffi no longer been successful.

Attractions

In the still partially walled city are equipped with columns to the marketplace a few historical buildings. Worth seeing are:

  • The San Mercuriale church with the 75 m high Campanile from 1180
  • The Palazzo del Podestà, built in 1459
  • The citadel of Rocca di Ravaldino from the 15th century
  • The Musei San Domenico (Museo Archeologico and Pinacoteca )

Education

In Forlì, there are some departments of the University of Bologna. Both International Politics ( Facoltà di Scienze Politiche " Roberto Ruffilli " ) as well as aviation, and the Institute of Interpreters and Translators ( SSLiMIT ) are internationally known.

Traffic

Forlì has an international airport and a railway station on the line Bologna - Rimini by Intercity hold.

Twin Cities

With the cities of Plock in Poland, and Peterborough in England is twinned.

Famous People

  • Master of Forli ( around 1280 ), painter
  • Peregrinus Pellegrino Latiosus of Forli († 1345 ), Holy
  • Flavio Biondo (1388-1463), historian
  • Melozzo da Forlì (1438-1494), painter
  • Caterina Sforza (1463-1509), Countess of Forlì
  • Marco Palmezzano (1459/1463-1539), painter
  • Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682-1771), physician, anatomist and pathologist
  • Aurelio Saffi (1819-1890), politician
  • Terzo Bandini (1898-1974), motorcycle racer
  • Guido Agosti (1901-1989), pianist
  • Diego Fabbri (1911-1980), a playwright, a theater after him at the place named
  • Matteo Malucelli (* 1984), race car driver
  • Romano Mussolini (1927-2006) jazz pianist and painter
  • Ercole Baldini ( born 1933), cyclist
  • Roberto Ruffilli (1937-1988), politician and political scientist
  • Franco Biondi ( b. 1947 ), German-speaking writer of Italian origin
  • Alice (born 1954 ), singer
  • Loris Reggiani ( born 1959 ), motorcycle racer
  • Marco Ambrosini (born 1964 ), arranger, Violin and Nyckelharpaspieler
  • Vincenzo Sospiri (* 1966), race car driver
  • Alessandro Cortini (born 1976 ), musician of Italian descent
  • Riccardo Saponara (* 1991), football player
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