Forlì

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Forlì
coat of arms
Forlì (Italy)
Forlì
Country Italy
region Emilia-Romagna
province Forlì-Cesena  (FC)
Local name Furlè
Coordinates 44 ° 13 '  N , 12 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 13 '21 "  N , 12 ° 2' 27"  E
height 34  m slm
surface 228 km²
Residents 118,000 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 518 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 47121-47122
prefix 0543
ISTAT number 040012
Popular name Forlivesi
Patron saint Madonna del Fuoco (February 4th)
Website Forli
Forlì, Piazza Aurelio Saffi with Palazzo Comunale and Torre Civica
Forlì, Piazza Aurelio Saffi with Palazzo Comunale and Torre Civica

Forlì [forˈli] is the capital of the Italian province Forlì-Cesena in the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy with 118,000 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). In the city center, medieval architecture mixes with buildings of Italian rationalism .

geography

Forlì is located on the eastern foothills of the Apennines on the right bank of the Montone River . About 30 km to the northwest is the famous Italian race track of Imola . Ravenna is around 25 km northeast and the Adriatic Sea near Cervia in an easterly direction is about the same distance.

The neighboring municipalities are Bertinoro , Brisighella (RA), Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole , Faenza (RA), Forlimpopoli , Meldola , Predappio , Ravenna (RA) and Russi (RA).

history

Forlì was founded in Roman times in 188 BC. Founded by the consul Gaius Livius Salinator as Forum Livii . It was on the Via Emilia .

Forli (alttosk. FURLI or sometimes Frulli ) shelter since the consolidation of the Papal States , which was concluded in this case 1503/04, the direct rule of the Church. Before that, it had been a free city since the 9th century, and until around 1500 it was subordinate to a vicariate and his family. From 1315 to 1480 it was under the Signoria of the Ordelaffi . These were expelled in 1480 at the instigation of Pope Sixtus IV , who gave his nephew Girolamo Riario the county as a papal fief. The Riario and Caterina Sforza stayed until they were expelled in 1499/1500. Forlì was then part of the short-lived sphere of power of Cesare Borgia , before the conquest after the death of Pope Alexander VI. decayed. The transition to direct rule by the church took place in 1503/04, when an attempt by the Ordelaffi to return was unsuccessful.

Attractions

In the partly walled city there are still some historical buildings around the market square, which is equipped with columns. Worth seeing are:

  • the abbey church of San Mercuriale 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 )
  • the Palazzo Romagnoli ( Collezione del Novecento )
  • the Cathedral of Santa Croce, rebuilt in the 19th century

  • San Mercuriale

  • Palazzo del Podestà

  • Rocca di Ravaldino

  • The illuminated cathedral

  • ... and the Piazza Aurelio Saffi

  • The Porta Schiavonia

education

Forlì is home to some of the departments of the University of Bologna . International politics (Facoltà di Scienze Politiche “Roberto Ruffilli”) as well as aviation, as well as the Institute for Interpreters and Translators (SSLiMIT) are internationally known.

Forlì area from the air

traffic

Forlì has an international airport, IATA : FRL, the Aeroporto di Forlì “Luigi Ridolfi” . The airport was closed in 2013. A planned reopening has been postponed several times. InterCity trains also stop at Forli station, which is on the Bologna – Ancona railway line .

Twin cities

It is twinned with the cities of Płock in Poland , Peterborough in England and Bourges in France .

Trivia

The video game Assassin's Creed II is set in Forlì, among other places.

politics

Mayor of Forlì since 1945 ( Sindaci di Forlì )
  • 1945–1951 Franco Agosto ( PCI )
  • 1951–1952 Franco Simoncini ( PRI )
  • 1952–1956 Mario Colletto (PRI)
  • 1956–1966 Icilio Missiroli (PRI)
  • 1966–1970 Emanuele Loperfido (DC-PRI-PLI-PSDI)
  • 1970–1979 Angelo Satanassi (PCI- PSI )
  • 1979–1989 Giorgio Zanniboni (PCI- PSI )
  • 1989–1995 Sauro Sedioli (PCI- PSI )
  • 1995-2004 Franco Rusticali (PDS-PPI-PdD-PRI)
  • 2004-2009 Nadia Masini (DS-DL-PRI-PRC-FdV)
  • 2009–2014 Roberto Balzani (PD-IdV-SEL)
  • 2014–2019 Davide Drei (PD-SEL)
  • since 2019 Gian Luca Zattini (Lega-FI-FdI-Forlì Cambia)

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ http://www.cultura.comune.forli.fc.it/servizi/menu/dinamica.aspx?idArea=17262&idCat=16347&ID=17214&TipoElemento=Categoria
  3. ↑ http://www.cultura.comune.forli.fc.it/servizi/menu/dinamica.aspx?idArea=16315&idCat=17155&ID=21479&TipoElemento=Categoria