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The region of Emilia-Romagna in Italy, located in the foothills of the Apennines, is one of the most diverse, rich and attractive regions of the country. It is famous for its excellent cuisine (it is here that Parmesan cheese and Parma ham are produced), ancient cities, automotive industry, popular beach resorts - as well as high-quality thermal springs. In terms of their quantity (but by no means in quality), Emilia-Romagna is second only to Tuscany.
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How can you diversify your stay in the thermal baths of Emilia-Romagna? There are many options.
Springs and healing
There are more than 20 thermal resorts in Emilia-Romagna. Their waters differ in their composition and, accordingly, effect, so each resort has its own specialization.
Hot springs are rich in active natural substances - sulfur, bicarbonates, sodium, calcium, manganese, etc. They are used in the treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system, vascular system, diseases of the ENT organs and respiratory tract (including bronchial asthma), gynecological diseases and inflammatory processes. In addition, local waters are widely used in cosmetology. Their healing effects are enhanced by clean air: the resort is located in close proximity to the Casentinesi National Forest Park.
Wellness complexes offer treatment using 3 types of thermal waters: salt-iodine (affect the skin and joints, normalize metabolism), salt-sulfur (have healing properties, help in the fight against digestive and nervous system disorders) and sodium chloride (affect liver function, stimulate metabolism).
The treatment is based on salty bromine-iodide waters (for diseases of the skin, joints, digestive organs) and hydrogen sulfide waters, used in the form of inhalations and rinses in the fight against diseases of the respiratory system and allergies.
These and other thermal resorts of the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy - Baths of Monticelli, Salsomaggiore, Tabiano, Castrocaro, Salvarola, Rimini etc. - offer vacationers the widest range of wellness treatments. Each of them has modern and well-equipped medical centers, beauty salons and spas with highly qualified staff. All this ensures maximum effectiveness of treatment: even after short courses, vacationers will be able to feel healthy, rejuvenated and full of strength.
The Emilia-Romagna region extends across the Apennine Peninsula from the Adriatic coast in the east, just shy of the Ligurian Sea in the west; the minimum straight line distance from the coast to the westernmost part of the region is less than 20 km. About 386 thousand people live in the administrative center of the city (Bologna). This is one of the largest regions of the country, it is divided into nine provinces and historically consists of two parts, Emilia in the northwest and Romagna in the southeast.
Active settlement of the region began several millennia BC; Etruscans, Celts, Romans lived here; the latter had a particularly great influence on the development of these lands, laying roads and building cities. In the 4th century AD, the region played an important political role after the capital was moved to Ravenna.
The region became part of the united Italian kingdom in 1860.
Emilia-Romagna is one of the most prosperous regions not only in Italy, but throughout Europe. There is a very low unemployment rate here, and the incomes of citizens are very high. The food and textile industries, agriculture, automobile manufacturing (there are factories of such prestigious car brands as , Ferrari, i, etc.) and other industries are well developed. It is in Emilia-Romagna that the main production of tractors used for agricultural purposes is concentrated; This branch of mechanical engineering is Italy's specialty on the world market.
It is convenient to get to Bologna by train from: the fastest trains take 35 minutes, ticket prices start from 13 euros. Departures are every 15 minutes. The trip from there will take at least an hour and a half (12-16 euros). In just an hour you can drive from; this is perhaps the most profitable option if you want to save on air tickets: a train ticket costs from 22 euros, you can find lower prices, but then you will spend at least two hours on the road.
Resorts
Not everyone is familiar with the name of the region, but few have not heard of the resort city of Rimini, located in the southeast of Emilia-Romagna in close proximity to the independent state (San Marino). Less known, but no worse, are the cities of Cattolica, Cervia and others.
Rimini
The largest resort in Italy on the Adriatic coast, Rimini is located 130 km from Bologna. But it’s just a stone’s throw from San Marino – only 20 km. The city's beaches, known as La Marina, stretch for 15 km. A hotel on the beach in high season will cost 1000 euros per week (Baldinini Hotel); apartments for the same period can be rented at half the price (Residence Cigno). Every July, Rimini becomes the center of the Pink Night festival (La Notte Rosa); You should take care of tickets for the event in advance.
From Rimini you can travel to San Marino. There is no train service, but buses are available (www.benedettinispa.com). The interval between flights is 1 hour 15 minutes, the trip duration is 45 minutes. Ticket price – 5 euros.
Cattolica
Cattolica, located on the border with the Marche region, is one of the southernmost cities in the region. The beach here is small, its length is only two kilometers, but very clean, and the developed infrastructure can be the envy of the largest resorts. Many places have special playgrounds for children, staffed by professional animators and nannies.
The main attraction is the aquarium, Acquario di Cattolica, where kids can get acquainted with the life of marine life. Accommodation prices are quite high; a week's stay in a room designed for two adults and a child, depending on the star rating of the hotel, will cost 1,300 euros (Hotel Sayonara) or 2,400 euros (Hotel Luxor Beach).
Cervia
In the opposite direction from Rimini, 30 km north, is the resort of Cervia, which was popular back in the 19th century. There are wide sandy beaches, and the town itself is quite quiet, so it is preferred by adult couples. However, directly beyond Cervia begins the territory of Milano Marittima, where you can have fun on numerous dance floors.
People with high incomes prefer to stay here, since the local beaches are more spacious and less crowded than in Rimini.
One of the best accommodation options in Cervia, with access to the beach and sea views, is the four-star Hotel Conchiglia. With some luck, you can rent a double room for a week for 965 euros.
Comacchio
Another 60 km north, past Ravenna, and you come to Comacchio, an amazing port city built on islands, making it vaguely similar to Venice. In close proximity to the city center is one of the local fashionable resorts - Porto Garibaldi. No less popular are Lido degli Scacchi and Lido degli Estensi; the first is more suitable for a quiet family holiday, the second, on the contrary, has a large amount of entertainment for every taste.
Apartments in Lido degli Estensi can be rented for 760 euros per week (Residence Cleo); a small hotel room in Porto Garibaldi will cost 560 euros (Hotel Cinzia).
Cities
Those who like to combine walks along the ancient streets of Italian cities with gastronomic pleasures should come to Emilia-Romagna in the fall, when the region hosts a food and wine festival. But at any other time of the year, especially from April to October, your stay here will be full of impressions.
Bologna
Magnificent Bologna is a city not only of students, but also of rich culinary traditions. “Bolognese” comes from here. Bologna is also known as a city of galleries, or covered porticos. Their total length is 38 km, and the length of the most famous of them is almost 4 km. It has 666 arches and leads from the city gate of Saragozza (Porta Saragozza), built in the 13th century, to the Sanctuary of the Madonna of St. Luke (Santuario della Madonna di San Luca). The number of arches symbolizes the tempting serpent defeated by the Mother of God.
Another famous landmark of the city is the two leaning towers (Due Torri), Asinelli (Asinelli) with a height of more than 97 meters and the 48-meter Garisenda (Garisenda), built at the beginning of the 12th century. Only 20 towers have survived to this day in Bologna; once there were from 80 to 100 of them, according to other sources - up to 180.
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Parma
The city of Parma, the center of the province of the same name, the second largest in the region, is mentioned in Stendhal’s novel “The Monastery of Parma”. The author also describes one of the famous historical buildings of the city, the fortress (Cittadella) of the late 16th century. Now all that remains of the former barracks and prison are walls and ditches, and there is a park around it. As for the Parma monastery itself (Certosa di Parma), the Carthusian monastery, it is located some distance from the city center. The original buildings, which appeared at the end of the 13th century, have not survived. What we see now dates back to the 16th-18th centuries.
One of the most beautiful churches in the city is the Basilica of Our Lady of the Wall (Basilica di Santa Maria della Steccata). It was built at the beginning of the 16th century. The crypt of the basilica contains the burial places of the Dukes of Parma.
Church of St. Vitale (Chiesa di San Vitale) is ancient; The generally accepted version, based on official documents, dates it to the 11th century, but there is an opinion that the church was built two centuries earlier. In 1996, the building was closed for 10 years for restoration.
Modena
The city of Modena is the second largest in the region after Bologna. A Roman colony was founded here in 183 BC. In the 7th century, the city was destroyed by a flood, and the residents who escaped death founded a new settlement. Modena is known as the city where Enzo Ferrari, the founder of the company named after him, was born.
The symbol of Modena is the Ghirlandina, the bell tower of the city's cathedral. Its height is 86 meters. The tower was built at the end of the 12th century and later completed. You can go up here and get a bird's eye view of the city. The cathedral itself (Duomo di Modena) appeared in the 11th century. This is one of the main Italian monuments of Romanesque architecture. Stones from ancient Roman ruins were used for its construction - excavations were carried out not far from the site of the cathedral's construction, and a lot of suitable material was discovered. Inside the cathedral there are valuable sculptures and frescoes of the 14th-15th centuries.
Another building that can also serve as an example of the style is the Baroque Ducal Palace (Palazzo Ducale) from the early 17th century. There once stood a castle here that belonged to the d'Este dynasty, an ancient princely family of Italy that ruled Modena and Ferrara for more than half a millennium.
Ferrara
Continuing the story about the princes d’Este, we cannot ignore Ferrara, a city whose heyday occurred in the 13th-16th centuries. Art actively developed here, and its own unique painting style emerged, called the “Ferrara school” (Scuola Ferrarese). Its most prominent representatives were Cosmè Tura, Lorenzo Costa the Elder and others.
A reminder of the power of the d’Este dynasty is the grandiose Castello Estense, built at the end of the 14th century.. Initially, it played the role of a defensive structure, but by the end of the 15th century it became a family residence, the splendor of which was not inferior to many royal palaces in Europe. Now it houses the city administration, and tourists are allowed into some rooms and the courtyard.
In Ferrara, an entire street built in the Middle Ages has remained intact. It is called the Street of Vaults (Via delle Volte), since most of it passes through numerous arches. The earliest buildings date back to the 7th-11th centuries; total length of the street - approx.
two kilometers.
Piacenza
Today, just over 100 thousand people live in Piacenza, the center of the province of the same name in Emilia-Romagna. And already in 187 BC it was a thriving city, lying on the way from Rome to Northern Europe; The Via Emilia, built by the ancient Romans, passed through it. The legacy of that time is the layout of city streets.
The city has many attractions, of which the Church of San Sisto, or St. Sixtus (Chiesa di San Sisto), deserves special mention; for her (Raffaello Santi), commissioned by Pope Julius II, he wrote the “Sistine Madonna” (Madonna Sistina). More than two centuries later, the painting was sold to the then King of Poland, Augustus III, and now a copy of it hangs in the church.
Among other religious buildings, one cannot fail to mention the majestic Basilica of St. Antonino (Basilica di Sant’Antonino), built in honor of the patron saint of Piacenza. The first building appeared here in the 4th century; subsequently it was reconstructed more than once. Around the 11th century, it acquired the form in which it has survived to this day. A huge arch in front of the entrance to the church appeared in 1350.
Medieval architecture is represented by the Palace of the Commune (Palazzo Comunale), or Gothic Palace, built at the end of the 13th century. The lower part of the palace with high arches is lined with pink marble; the upper one, with battlements and turrets, is made of brick. In one of the towers hangs a bell, which used to call the city residents in emergency situations.
Another palace, built during the Renaissance, belonged to the Landi family (Palazzo Landi). It now houses a court.
Perhaps the most interesting city in the region is Ravenna, the former capital of several states that successively arose on the territory of modern Italy. The city has eight architectural monuments of the early Christian period, built no later than the 6th century and included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. This is, first of all, the mausoleum of Galla Placidia (Mausoleo di Galla Placidia), the daughter of one of the Roman emperors, whose residence was located here in Ravenna. Another mausoleum, this time Ostrogothic, is the burial place of King Theodoric the Great (Mausoleo di Teodorico); until 526 he ruled the Ostrogothic Empire, and Ravenna was the capital of his possessions.
Under him, a second one was built in the city, it is usually called the new Basilica of St. Apollinaris (Basilica di Sant’Apollinare Nuovo). The relics of the saint from the former suburb of Ravenna, Classe, were temporarily transferred to it. The interiors of the basilica are decorated with three rows of Byzantine mosaic frescoes of the 5th-6th centuries, which are the outstanding work of art ever created by mankind.
Thanks to the incredible concentration of unique cultural and architectural monuments, Ravenna has always attracted people of art. The names associated with it are (Dante Alighieri), Lord Byron (George Byron), Alexander Blok. And Ravenna is a very beautiful city located on the seashore; this means that a cultural holiday here can be combined with a beach holiday. The most modern of them is Lido Adriano. And the wild beach of Casalborsetti is suitable for those who prefer a holiday away from civilization.
The main offices of motorcycle and automakers such as Ferrari, Lamborghini and Ducati are located here in Emilia-Romagna.
And of course, tourism occupies a special place of honor in the economy of Emilia-Romagna. Visitors and Italians know that (Rimini and Riccione) are located here.
Cuisine of the Emilia-Romagna region
Starting to talk about the cuisine of Emilia-Romagna, I understand that this can be done endlessly. It is so vast and varied, but there are still several dishes and products that can truly be called “Emilian-Romanesque”. .
Bologna is famous for dishes such as tortellini, tagliatelle alla Bolognese and lasagna. Modena is considered home of the most delicious delicacies Italy - Modena ham, Parmesan cheese, balsamic vinegar, cotecchino and Lambrusco wine. And the main dishes can be called ravioli di Modena or Cappelletti. The world famous Parma ham is made in Parma, and it is also where the largest pasta maker and bakery products from Italy “Barilla”. The city's main dishes include steak with ham and cheese, rabbit with omelet and herbs, and fried rabbit fillet with Modena balsamic vinegar. A typical product of Emilia-Romagna is piadina(I talked about her in). If you happen to be on holiday on the coasts of Emilia-Romagna, be sure to try: mussel soup, grilled Comacchio eel, squid, cuttlefish and mullet. Wines of the Emilia-Romagna region: Albana di Romagna DOC, Colli Piacentini, Lambrusco, Sangiovese and Trebbiano.Climate in Emilia-Romagna
Speaking about the climate of Emilia-Romagna, I would like to say that everything is known by comparison. For example, if we compare it with the southern region of Calabria, then of course there is a significant difference when it comes to the weather in winter.
After all, in winter subzero temperature and snow is quite common in Emilia-Romagna. Well, summer throughout Italy, regardless of the region, as I said in earlier articles, is very, very hot and stuffy.
Shopping in Ferrara You should start from the streets Vvia Garibaldi and Via Mazini, this is where the majority of fashion boutiques are located. Every Saturday in Piazza Trento-Trieste you can visit the open market, where you can buy almost everything - food, antiques, clothes, furniture, etc.
The city of Faenza is famous for its ceramics; it is here that best stores and the International Museum of Ceramics, which presents unique, ancient and modern collections of works by the best masters of Italy.
Sights of Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna is truly rich in attractions and when you come to any city in this region, you will find something new and surprising.
Here are videos that will give you an idea of the best entertainment sights of Emilia-Romagna:
Fiabilandia Amusement Park is located in the small village of Rivazzura via Cardano, 15, not far from Rimini. Open daily from April to September from 10.00 to 19.00, July - August from 10.00 to midnight. .Dolphinarium of Rimini: address - Lungomare Claudio Tintori, 2, near the port. Opening hours: daily from April 1 to September 30.
Amusement park “Italy in Miniature”: location: small village of Viserba, Via Popilia. Open from October to March daily from 9.00 to 17.00, from April to September from 9.00 to 19.00. Ticket price from 10.00 to 22.00 euros.
Amusement park "Skyparc": located in the village of Perticara, near the town of Novafeltria. Open from April to November from 10.00 to 19.00. Ticket price from 12.00 to 25.00 euros.
Ferrari Museum Maranello: address - Viale Alfredo Dino Ferrari, 43, I already mentioned it above.
Region Emilia-Romagna located in the northeastern part of Italy.
It is home to four and a half million people.
The capital is the city of Bologna.
On the eastern side, the region is washed by the Adriatic Sea.
Historically, it is divided into two territories: Emilia and Romagna.
Emilia occupies the northern part of the region and includes the provinces of Piacenza, Parma, Reggio, Modena, Ferrara and most of Bologna. Romagna includes the provinces of Ravenna, Forli-Cesena, Rimini and a number of communes of Bologna.
In the past, Emilia was part of the Lombard kingdom. The Padan plain was even called Langobardia, and the city of Reggio Emilia, before the unification of Italy, bore the name Reggio di Lombardia.
Romagna was part of Byzantium and then the Papal States.
The name "Romagna" comes from the Latin Romania, it appeared in the 6th century and means "Roman world" in contrast to the Lombard part of Italy. At that time, Ravenna was the capital of the Western Roman Empire, later the Exarchate of Ravenna.
The Emilia-Romagna region appeared in 1947.
He is currently considered one of the richest in Europe.
Emilia is home to such “delicious” cities as Parma and Reggio Emilia, where Parma ham and Parmigiano Reggiano cheese are produced, as well as the cities of Modena, famous for grape vinegar, Piacenza, in the city museum of which Etruscan liver is exhibited, Ferrara and the capital of the region is noisy and student Bologna, home of the mortadella sausage, is distinguished from other Italian cities by its endless rows of indoor galleries.
Romagna overlooks the Adriatic Sea and is home to the famous resorts of Rimini and Riccione, as well as the Byzantine pearl - the city of Ravenna and Faenza, famous for its ceramics.
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The castle was founded by the ancient Romans in the 8th century, then it was called Castro Arquato and was a military camp. And later it was renamed the Arquato Castle (Castell "Arquato). In the Middle Ages, the castle did not lose its military significance and played an important role in numerous wars. The castle acquired its modern appearance during the reign of the Visconti Dukes of Milan in the 14th century. Now this picturesque city with the castle attracts many tourists.
Emilia-Romagna is a region in northeastern Italy with access to the Adriatic Sea. The region was formed from two historical formations: Emilia (the provinces of Piacenza, Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Ferrara and most of Bologna) and Romagna (the provinces of Ravenna, Rimini, Forli-Cesena and Bologna east of the Sillaro River). The region's coat of arms symbolically represents the Po River in the form of a wavy line and the Via Emilie in the form of an oblique line.
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View of the city center from the top of the Asinelli Tower
Tourism in Emilia-Romagna is one of the most developed in Italy. It is divided into 4 main types: beach holidays on the Adriatic Sea, cultural tourism in cities of art, health tourism (spas, thermal baths and nature of the Apennine Mountains) and enogastronomic tourism.
The region's Adriatic coast offers an incredible variety of experiences for those who want to combine the beach with amusement parks, nightlife, inland excursions and gastronomic routes, not to mention shopping for high-quality goods made in Italy. Active recreation enthusiasts will find golf courses, cycling paths, beach volleyball, Nordic walking routes and sailing here! As you can see, relaxation here is not only about the beach and the sea...
Mosaic on the dome of the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe
The art cities of Emilia-Romagna are of exceptional interest from an historical, artistic and cultural point of view. They stretch from Piacenza to Rimini, the beach capital of the region, along the ancient Via Emilia (Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Bologna, Faenza, Forli and Cesena). Each of them is interesting in its own way: Parma is considered the city of music, the names of Giuseppe Verdi and Arturo Toscanini are associated with it, as well as the capital of taste (the headquarters of the European Food Safety Authority is located here) and the keeper of the masterpieces of Italian mannerism; The Italian tricolor was raised for the first time in Reggio Emilia; Modena is associated with the names of Enzo Ferrari and other sports car manufacturers, and it is also home to such masterpieces of Romanesque architecture as the cathedral, the Ghirlandina bell tower and the Great Piazza, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Bologna, a multicultural and enlightened city, was once Etruscan. She managed to preserve medieval tower houses and porticos, the length of which exceeds 40 km. Faenza is considered the cradle of Italian artistic ceramics; Forli and Cesena, famous for their hospitality, are located at the foot of gentle hills. Modena, with its masterpieces of Romanesque architecture, and the magnificent Byzantine Ravenna, once the capital of the Western Roman Empire, where unique mosaics have been preserved, as well as the incomparable Ferrara, the cradle of Italian Renaissance art, are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Ferrari Museum in Maranello
There are 25 thermal resorts in the region, which allows you to combine a seaside holiday and/or viewing the masterpieces of art cities with health tourism (hydrotherapy, procedures and healing mud). Active holidaymakers can combine the spa with golf, cycling and motor sports. The region's landscapes are very diverse, ranging from coastal lowlands to hills and the Apennine mountains. The nature and fauna of the Po Delta Natural Park and the national parks of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines and the forests of the Casentino Valley - Monte Falterona are interesting and different from each other. In the mountains of Emilia-Romagna, the ancient traditions of this region have been preserved. There are small medieval towns, which the Italians call "borgs", castles, museums of food and ancient professions, ancient roads laid by the ancient Romans, mountain slopes covered with vineyards and olive groves. And every weekend here is a real holiday. In winter, you can go downhill and cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, dog sledding, and in summer, the local mountains offer the opportunity to engage in cycling, mountain biking, hiking, trekking, and even such exotic activities as wolf howling (listening to wolf howls).
Enogastronomy
Emilia-Romagna is famous for its cuisine and wine, as well as its hospitality. Agriculture has played and continues to play an important role in the economy of the region, and it is considered one of the most advanced in the world! This is perhaps why as many as 19 local food products have been awarded the prestigious IGP (“Protected Geographically Protected” category) and 12 have been awarded the DOC (“Protected Origin”) category. It is from here that products that are called “ambassadors of Italian culture” are exported around the world, such as Parma ham, Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and balsamic vinegar from Modena.
Emilia's cuisine is very rich, integral, rich and complex, rooted in the culinary traditions of the medieval nobility. The cuisine of Romagna is simpler; piadina, which originally appeared on the table of peasants, can be considered an example of its traditional dish. However, they are related by the use of the same ingredients (for example, pork) and the abundance of sausages, hams, and meat products (cotecino, zampone, culatello di Zibello). Egg pasta and tortellini are often served as a first course. In Emilia they are often filled with meat, and in Romagna - with cheese and herbs. The selection of local wines is also impressive. The most famous, of course, is Lambrusco.
How to get there
Getting to Emilia-Romagna is quite easy: thanks to its geographical position, it is at the intersection of the main roads and railways in Italy. It also has four airports, and tourist ports for private yachts are equipped on the shore.
By plane
The airports of Bologna (direct charter flights from Moscow), Parma, Rimini (also direct flights to Moscow) connect the region with the main cities of Italy and Europe.
By car
The A1 Milano-Napoli motorway connects the region with other national roads: the A15 (Parma-Spezia) motorway leads to Parma, the A22 (Modena-Brennero) to Modena, the A13 (Padua-Venice) and A14 (Bologna-Bari) to Bologna. There are also excellent free S.S. highways running through the area. 309 Venice-Mestre and the E45 Rome-Ravenna highway.
By train
The region's railways provide fast connections with the north, center and south of Italy. The high-speed AV trains take you from Bologna and Reggio Emilia to Milan, Ancona, Florence, Rome and Naples in a matter of hours. From Europe, trains go through the Tarvisio, Brennero, St. Gotthard and Sempione passes. Local trains operate throughout the region, connecting Reggio Emilia, Bologna and Rimini.
Official tourism portal of the Emilia-Romagna region: emiliaromagnaturismo.it (information available in Russian)