Medicina
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Country | Italy | |
region | Emilia-Romagna | |
Metropolitan city | Bologna (BO) | |
Local name | Midgenna | |
Coordinates | 44 ° 29 ' N , 11 ° 38' E | |
height | 25 m slm | |
surface | 159 km² | |
Residents | 16,835 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 106 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 40059 | |
prefix | 051 | |
ISTAT number | 037037 | |
Popular name | Medicinesi | |
Patron saint | Lucia of Syracuse and San Mamante | |
Website | Medicina |
Medicina is an Italian municipality with 16,835 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Bologna .
The origin of the name is unknown ( Medicina is the Italian word for “medicine” and for science “medicine”) which has long been speculated about. Legend has it that Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa fell ill while driving through Medicina from Milan and then miraculously recovered from a snake that accidentally sneaked into the saucepan of his soup. However, it has been proven that the name comes from an even older era than Barbarossa, although the emperor was actually staying in the place. To commemorate this legend, the Festa del Barbarossa is celebrated every September .
At Medicina (in the village of Fiorentina) there is a radio telescope measuring 32 meters . It is directed by the Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna and was set up by the CNR , now a member of INAF .
administration
- Mayor: Onelio Rambaldi, since June 2009
- Town hall: Centralino 051 69.79.111
- Climatic classification : zona E, 2261 GR / G
Town twinning
Medicina is linked to several communities through partnership or friendship.
- Community partnerships
- Škofja Loka in Slovenia
- Romilly-sur-Seine in the Aube department , France
- Community friendships
- Tifariti in the Sahara Arab Democratic Republic
- Spinete in the Molise region , Italy
- Pescia in Tuscany , Italy
sons and daughters of the town
- Davide Ricci Bitti (* 1984), racing cyclist
- Giacomo Bulgarelli (1940–2009), football player
- Pier da Medicina, actor in the comedy by Dante Alighieri, who came from Medicina
- Claudio Stagni (* 1939), clergyman and bishop emeritus of the Faenza-Modigliana diocese
- Elia Vannini, Baroque composer
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ Città the Medicina - Gemellaggi