Portico e San Benedetto
Comune in Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Coat of arms
Location of Portico e San Benedetto
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44°2′N 11°47′E / 44.033°N 11.783°E / 44.033; 11.783
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(Dec. 2019)Dato Istat - Resident population.
47010
Portico e San Benedetto (Romagnol: Pôrtic e San Bandét) is a comune (municipality) in the province of Forlì-Cesena, in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southeast of Bologna.
It is formed by three main distinct settlements:
- Portico di Romagna, 36 kilometres (22 mi) from Forlì
- San Benedetto in Alpe, 48 kilometres (30 mi) from Forlì
- Bocconi, midway the two former localities
Main sights
In Bocconi:
- Ponte della Brusia, an 18th-century three arch bridge[2]
In Portico di Romagna:
- Palazzo Portinari, which, according to tradition, belonged to Folco Portinari's large, extensive family, father of the Beatrice Portinari described by Dante Alighieri
- Palazzo Traversari. The theologian Ambrogio Traversari was born here.
- Ponte della Maestà ("Majesty Bridge", 17th–18th centuries)
In San Benedetto in Alpe:
- Acquacheta water fall on the river of the same name, also described by Dante Alighieri in his Divine Comedy (Inferno, Canto XVI, 100–101)
- Monastery of St. Benedict, of medieval origins
References
External links
- Official website
- RomagnaToscana tourism website
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- Bagno di Romagna
- Bertinoro
- Borghi
- Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole
- Cesena
- Cesenatico
- Civitella di Romagna
- Dovadola
- Forlimpopoli
- Forlì
- Galeata
- Gambettola
- Gatteo
- Longiano
- Meldola
- Mercato Saraceno
- Modigliana
- Montiano
- Portico e San Benedetto
- Predappio
- Premilcuore
- Rocca San Casciano
- Roncofreddo
- San Mauro Pascoli
- Santa Sofia
- Sarsina
- Savignano sul Rubicone
- Sogliano al Rubicone
- Tredozio
- Verghereto
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