Brisighella

Brisighella
Country	Italy
region	Emilia-Romagna
province	Ravenna  (RA)
Local name	Brisighèla
Coordinates	44 ° 13 '  N , 11 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 13 '0 "  N , 11 ° 46' 0"  E
surface	194 km²
Residents	7,358 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	38 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	48013
prefix	0546
ISTAT number	039004
Popular name	Brisighellesi
Website	http://www.comune.brisighella.ra.it/

Brisighella is a municipality with 7358 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Ravenna on the Lamone . The inhabitants call themselves brisighellesi . There is a city partnership with Zwingenberg (Bergstrasse) .

The municipality is a member of the association I borghi più belli d'Italia (The Most Beautiful Places in Italy).

Brisighella

Districts

Boesimo, Casale, Castellina, Croce Daniele, Fognano, Fornazzano, La Strada, Marzeno, Monteromano, Pietramora, Purocielo, Rontana, San Cassiano, San Martino, Urbiano, Villa San Giorgio in Vezzano, Zattaglia

Attractions

• Torre dell'Orologio, a clock tower rebuilt in 1850 with a clock face of six hours
• Via del Borgo or Via degli Asini, a street built in the 15th century with a colonnade that runs in a row of houses at the level of the first floor
• the fortress Rocco Manfrediana, the z. T. from the 13th century comes and family Manfredi, the lords of Faenza was built
• The 16th century church of L'Osservanza , dedicated to Maria degli Angeli

Sons and daughters of the place

• Bernardino Spada (1594-1661), cardinal
• Giacomo Cattani (1823–1887), Archbishop of Ravenna and Cardinal
• Michele Lega (1860-1935), Cardinal to the Curia
• Gaetano Cicognani (1881–1962), Cardinal to the Curia
• Amleto Giovanni Cicognani (1883–1973), Cardinal to the Curia
• Aldo Laghi (1883–1942), Archbishop and Diplomat of the Holy See
• Maria Pedrini (1910–1981), opera singer
• Aldo Ronconi (1918–2012), racing cyclist
• Dino Monduzzi (1922-2006), Cardinal to the Curia
• Achille Silvestrini (1923–2019), Cardinal to the Curia
• Silvano Montevecchi (1938–2013), bishop

Picture gallery

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  Torre dell'Orologio

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  Via degli Asini

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  Via degli Asini seen from the outside

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  Rocca Manfrediana

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  The village from above

Web links

Commons : Brisighella  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the community

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ^ I borghi più belli d'Italia. Borghipiubelliditalia.it, accessed August 6, 2017 (Italian). 
3. ↑ Torre dell'Orologio. In: www.imolafaenza.it. Retrieved August 25, 2019 (Italian).