Loiano

Loiano is a municipality of the Italian province of Bologna with 4481 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012). It is located in Savena Valley, 35 km far from Bologna, on the main road that connects the capital of Emilia - Romagna Florence by the Bergjoch Futapass.

History

The place name derives from two possible origins: either from Latin or Lollius lolium ( ryegrass, darnel ), although the origin of the church name is a lot of potential. Certainly, the area was heavily populated in Roman times, especially thanks to its drive-through and connection layer between Bologna and Florence. Subsequently, the area was left to the Lombards, then the Franks and finally the Mark Gräfen Tuscany. By 1000 the area passed into the hands of Ubaldinis (otherwise known as di Mugello ) and the Canossa over. Matilde gave away their possessions in the area of the Church of Pisa, then took possession of the Bolognese. The possession of Ubaldinis however, remained for a long time. In Loiano the family house of Grafe of Loiano, who ruled in the municipality and in the areas of Idice and Zena Valley moved. The reign location in a wide area of the Apennines to Bologna triggered a challenge with the people in Bologna to Florence with a traffic detained. The long and intense disputes came to an end in 1266, as Ubaldino di Ottocherio because Loiano the castle Loiano sold the Bolognese. But the disputes were the continuance consecrated and the castle itself was destroyed many times and rebuilt. Only in 1402 did the disputes when Giovanni I. the castle finally destroyed. Since then, the municipality followed the events of Bologna and, after the fall of the Papal States, it is incorporated into the Kingdom of Italy. As part of the official renovations that followed each other from the Napoleonic era, the communities Loiano, Barbarolo, Bisano, Campeggio, Roncastaldo, Scascoli were determined. 1810 the various communities were united in the community areas Loaino and Roncastaldo to finally just get to the community unit Loiano with the above mentioned towns. In the local history, a riot of 1850 against conscription is recorded. 1880 health insurance was established and the first post-war period was a socialist coalition to power, soon replaced by the fascist government. In the second post-war period, an intensive rural-urban migration process, which has taken a U-turn since the late 1960s occurred in the area.

Attractions

Historically valuable is the parish church Loiano, which is dedicated to Saints Giacomo and Margherita. Inside, a canvas that represents S. Giacomo di Calvaert, and kept a sculpture of the Virgin of Angelo Pio. Here are two inscriptions read: one recalls that here the Pope Pius VII stayed. The second witness an important event, namely that here in 1859 in the villa Bettino Ricasoli, Luigi Carlo Farini, Lionello Cipriani, Marco Minghetti and Rodolfo Audinot met and firmly laid to abolish all border controls between Tuscany, Romagna, Modena and Parma and future action for connection of central Italy to take to the Kingdom of Italy. Not to be missed is the very inn Locanda, where in 1508 the cession Centos, it was decided to Ferrara, where Goethe stayed in 1786, as it is proudly shown in a memorial stone with a quote from Italian trip. Also noteworthy is the observatory of Loiano, which is run by the Osservatorio di Bologna astronomico, open from spring to autumn, thanks to the collaboration between the observatory, the municipality Loiano and the province of Bologna. In the opening months, many teaching events are proposed ( both with the naked eye as well as the telescope ), the explanation of the most fascinating aspects of modern astronomy through multimedia techniques and a scale model of the solar system, located in the park include the controlled observation of the stars. Two are the telescopes in the park: the 60 centimeters and the telescope GDCassini of 152 centimeters. The first, whose scientific use is limited today, it is mainly by the visitors at night in occasion of events such as il parco delle stelle (star Park ) is used, the second on the other hand is used throughout the year by Italian and foreign researchers.