Marzabotto

Marzabotto
Country	Italy
region	Emilia-Romagna
Metropolitan city	Bologna  (BO)
Local name	Marzabòt
Coordinates	44 ° 20 '  N , 11 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 20 '0 "  N , 11 ° 12' 0"  E
height	130  m slm
surface	74 km²
Residents	6,831 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	92 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	40043
prefix	051
ISTAT number	037036
Patron saint	St. Joseph and San Carlo
Website	www.comune.marzabotto.bo.it

Marzabotto is a town in Italy in the Emilia-Romagna region in the metropolitan city of Bologna in the Reno Valley near Bologna . The city has 6747 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2009) .

The place is known, among other things, for the Marzabotto massacre , in which the worst war crime by German soldiers during the Second World War took place in Italy in September / October 1944 . Italian press reports that complained Benito Mussolini when Adolf Hitler phone for the massacre.

Near Marzabotto, the best preserved and researched Etruscan city ​​has been excavated (see Marzabotto (ancient city) ).

sons and daughters of the town

• Arciso Artesiani (1922–2005), motorcycle racer

Web links

Commons : Marzabotto  - 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. ↑ Tragiche deposizioni degli scampati al masacro La Stampa, September 26, 1951, pp. 3